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Google is Building Three New Nuclear Plants for Its Extremely Power-Hungry AI

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Data center power usage in North America surged from 2,688 megawatts in 2022 to 5,341 by 2023 .

That helped catapult data centers up to the 11th largest electrical consumer on the planet.

At the current rate of energy consumption, the data centers powering AI are projected to become the fifth largest energy consumer by 2026 .

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