Japan’s Energy Strategy Highlights AI’s Threat to Green Goals
The rapid rollout of massive power-hungry data centers jeopardizes the transition to cleaner fuels.
An electrical substation in Tokyo.
Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg
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Welcome to our guide to the energy and commodities powering the global economy. Today, reporter Shoko Oda looks at how Japan intends to cope with an expected surge in electricity use driven by artificial intelligence. Energy Daily will take a Christmas break over the coming days, returning on Jan. 6. Happy holidays!
Japan’s power demand was long thought to be in terminal decline. Not any more.