{
  "id": 2814668,
  "title": "The U.S. Now Uses Nearly 40% Of The World’s Data Center Electricity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/the-u-s-now-uses-nearly-40-of-the-worlds-data-center-electricity",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-23T15:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Forbes",
    "slug": "forbes",
    "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2026/08/23/the-us-now-uses-nearly-40-of-the-worlds-data-center-electricity/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "U.S. data centers now use nearly 40% of global data center electricity as AI drives a historic surge in power demand, grid strain, and new infrastructure investment.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}