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    CALCULATORiQ™
    AI Infrastructure

    AI Power Demand Simulator

    How much electricity artificial intelligence actually uses, from installed capacity to annual terawatt hours, grid share, emissions and the energy behind a single query.

    Fleet and grid

    12GW
    75%
    1.25x
    35%
    22%
    6 yrs

    Grid context and pricing

    Projected annual consumption

    99
    Y1
    112
    Y2
    126
    Y3
    141
    Y4
    157
    Y5
    173
    Y6

    Bars are terawatt hours per year, including cooling and overhead at the chosen PUE, net of the efficiency gain accruing across the horizon.

    Verdict

    AMBER

    AI load becomes a visible line item in national demand. Expect capacity auctions, ratepayer disputes and behind-the-meter generation deals.

    Year one

    99 TWh

    Year 6

    173 TWh

    Share of grid now

    2.29%

    Share at horizon

    4.03%

    Emissions now

    0 MtCO2

    Power bill

    $7.7B/yr

    Year-one consumption equals the electricity used by about 9.4m households, and could serve roughly 110bn AI queries.

    One query, in context

    Energy per query0.9 Wh
    LED bulb equivalent5.4 minutes
    Phone charges0.06 of a charge
    Carbon per query0.33 g CO2

    How to read this

    Capacity is the binding number, not model count. A gigawatt of IT load running at 75 percent utilisation with a PUE of 1.25 consumes roughly 8.2 terawatt hours a year before any efficiency gain. Presets are illustrative starting points and every input is editable.