Data centres could use 15-20% of current US demand by 2030
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The article argues that hyperscalers' AI data-centre spending has reached historic scale, with Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta and Oracle planning roughly $800 billion in capital expenditure this year, and projections for 2027 running higher.