AI Is Swallowing Up Electricity

As world leaders push the Green Agenda, the growing elephant in the room is artificial intelligence (AI). What few realize is that AI systems require gigantic computer warehouses that consume massive amounts of electricity—and power generators and their associated infrastructure can’t be built overnight.

According to a recent report, AI demand could strain the U.S. electrical grid in the coming decade (CNBC, August 28, 2024). In fact, data centers in the United States alone could consume as much power by 2030 as some industrialized national economies. These computer warehouses could require up to 400 terawatt hours of electricity by the end of this decade—more than the total electricity production of the United Kingdom in 2022. Recently, Larry Ellison, the chairman and co-founder of Oracle and one of the world’s richest men, said that he is planning a data center that will require over one gigawatt of power to run (CNBC, September 10, 2024)—equivalent to the energy consumption of a medium-sized city. Ellison claimed he will power this data center by building three small modular nuclear reactors, commenting, “This is how crazy it’s getting.”

The potential of AI to disrupt aging power grids only increases society’s vulnerability to risks such as a terrorist attack on a large computer warehouse or its energy sources. Meanwhile, the Bible warns Israelite-descended nations of coming large-scale punishments, including the destruction of their cities, for rejecting God and His laws (Leviticus 26:31–33). As the U.S, the UK, and other nations descended from ancient tribes of Israel become more dependent on sophisticated technology, if a rogue actor or adversarial nation succeeds in shutting off their power, even their largest cities may grind to a halt, leaving normally busy highways suddenly deserted (v. 22). Many Western societies appear to be increasingly vulnerable to the fulfillment of many end-time Bible prophecies. To learn more about what the future holds, be sure to read or listen to Prophecy Fulfilled: God’s Hand in World Affairs.