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Issued on: 02/05/2025 - 15:42Modified: 02/05/2025 - 15:43
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This week's massive power outage in Spain and Portugal has raised questions over whether Europe's power grid is ready for a surge in demand, given the rapid pace of data centre deployment amid the rise of artificial intelligence. We take a closer look in this edition of Tech 24.
Europe's energy security showed its weakness on Monday, when power was almost completely knocked out in the Iberian Peninsula for more than 10 hours.
Telecommunications were crippled, with internet traffic dropping by 90 percent in Portugal and 80 percent in Spain.
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It comes as artificial intelligence fuels a massive expansion in data centres; their footprint is set to double in Spain alone in the next four years, as our Spain correspondents reported last week.
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In this edition of Tech 24, we speak to Renée Bertini from our partner media ENTR about her new report on AI's energy footprint in Europe.
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