At Davos, Schneider Electric CEO Olivier Blum warned that Big Tech is trying to build "the intelligence of the future with the infrastructure of the past." (Business Chief)
With the IEA projecting data center electricity demand to double to 945 TWh by 2030, Blum argues the energy transition is no longer just a moral choice between "green versus dirty," but an economic ultimatum between "growth or stagnation."
The only path forward, he contends, is "a new era of energy intelligence," embedding AI directly into the grid to automate and optimize power flows, effectively using the technology to solve the very efficiency crisis it has created.