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1. Oct 20
   AIDC whitepaper projects AI data centers could use 611–877 TWh a year by 2030

   RECCESSARY, InfoLink Consulting and TÜV Rheinland released an AIDC energy whitepaper at 2026 Taiwan International Smart Energy Week, projecting that data centers driven by AI chips could consume 611 to 877 TWh of electricity a year by 2030, with a baseline estimate of about 746 TWh. Model calculations in the whitepaper put grid connection at up to 5 years and 3 months from review to energization when a site must wait for upstream substation expansion, versus about 3 years and 3 months where no such expansion is needed. The report lays out eight energy design directions including self-generation, renewables, facility-level storage, UPS/BBU, microgrid control and compute-power scheduling, while TÜV Rheinland noted GPU cluster load can jump from 10% to 100% within hundreds of milliseconds, stressing converters and power systems and requiring stronger battery and fire-safety verification.

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