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Google's AI Data Centres Used 37% More Electricity in 2025 — A Warning for India's Power Grid
Ars Technica·Friday, 3 July 2026
Google's electricity consumption jumped 37% in 2025, driven almost entirely by its AI infrastructure buildout. The company says it is trying to balance these emissions with clean energy investments. The scale of energy use is raising serious sustainability questions.
Why It Matters
India is aggressively building its own AI data centre capacity. Google's energy surge shows how power-hungry AI infrastructure really is — a direct warning for India's already-strained electricity grid.
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