{
  "id": 1614,
  "url": "https://spectrum.ieee.org/data-centers-grid-instability",
  "title": "AI’s Volatile Power Use Quietly Tests Grid Limits",
  "summary": "The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure is typically framed as an energy problem. Data centers are projected to consume a growing share of global electricity demand: The International Energy Agency estimates they could account for 3 to 4 percent of total global consumption within this decade. Utilities are already adjusting long-term forecasts to accommodate anticipated growth from hyperscale facilities and high-density compute clusters. This framing captures scale. It miss",
  "authors": "Matt Hasan",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "environment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-03T12:00:01.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:04:12.223Z",
  "source_slug": "ieee-spectrum",
  "source_name": "IEEE Spectrum",
  "source_homepage": "https://spectrum.ieee.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/1614",
  "original_url": "https://spectrum.ieee.org/data-centers-grid-instability",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}