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US climate change targets threatened by tech energy surge from AI

By Amanda Chu, Jamie Smyth, Aime Williams

Financial Times

29 September 2024

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PA Consulting renewable valuation expert, Akshat Kasliwal, speaks to the Financial Times noting AI-driven energy demand is straining the US grid and slowing climate progress. He warns the US is now farther from achieving carbon-free electricity by 2035.

PA Consulting renewable valuation expert, Akshat Kasliwal, speaks to the Financial Times about the impact of AI on US climate change targets.

“The way things are going right now, it is very hard to imagine the US electricity system being carbon-free by 2035,” said Akshat Kasliwal, a power expert at PA Consulting. “We’re farther off from that target relative to where we were, call it three, four years ago.”

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