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Over the weekend, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk reacted to comments from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who warned the U.S. needs an additional 92 gigawatts of power to sustain artificial intelligence growth.
AI Power Demand Surges As Grid Strains
Musk shared a video clip of Schmidt saying, U.S. is "running out of electricity." He also noted that the average nuclear plant generates about 1.5 gigawatts.
"If only there were a company that could do this," Musk wrote on X while sharing the clip, referring to the emerging need for data centers in space.
Schmidt's warning highlights a mounting energy bottleneck as AI systems require massive data centers, intensive cooling and round-the-clock power.
Previously, venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya also cautioned that electricity rates could double within five years without structural changes.
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