Japan may need 50% more electricity for hungry, hungry AI and chip fabs
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While Tokyo pours billions into revitalizing chipmaking sector, it might want to check out the grid Japan reckons it may need to generate 50 percent more electricity by 2050 because of growing local demand from chipmaking and datacenters running AI. The move follows a warning by DigitalBridge that it may run out of power within two years.…
