AI's Power Hunger Collides with America's Oil Patch in a High-Stakes Energy Rush
USA News Group News Commentary
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VANCOUVER, BC, July 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Thanks to the rise of more and more AI data centers, the USA is faced with a very real threat in terms of surging demand for electricity, causing a renewed fascination with utilities. A new DOE reliability study warns that, if firm capacity keeps retiring while AI-driven load soars, the annual risk of power outages could jump by "a factor of one-hundred" as soon as 2030. And while there's talk about nuclear power emerging as a clean AI data center energy source, oil and gas is being touted as a medium-term interim solution. Citing "very strong" oil demand in Q3, OPEC announce
