Business use and energy-hungry AI tipped to drive doubling of power grid demand

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The adoption of solar panels by households is revolutionizing energy use, while the rise of energy-intensive AI data centers is expected to double power grid demand over the next 25 years in Australia. This signals significant changes in energy consumption patterns.

Energy use is being revolutionised on the home front as families adopt solar panels, but massive data centres will contribute to overall grid demand doubling over 25 years.