What we know about energy use at U.S. data centers amid the AI boom
Data centers accounted for 4% of total U.S. electricity use in 2024. Their energy demand is expected to more than double by 2030.
The following incisive and informative responses to our questions about the evolution of human agency by 2035 represent some of the big ideas shared by a small selection of the hundreds of thought leaders who participated in this canvassing. Success of AI systems will remain constrained due to their inherent complexity, security vulnerabilities and the […]
This report covers results from the 15th “Future of the Internet” canvassing by Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center. Advances in the internet and online applications have allowed humans to vastly expand their capabilities, increased their capacity to tackle complex problems, allowed them to share and access knowledge nearly instantly, helped […]