# AI will consume 20% of the US grid by 2030

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-11-09
- **Theme:** Energy & AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/
- **Source:** Why Decentralized AI Needs Cosmos: Greg Osuri of Akash Explains (The Interop)
- **Watch at:** 00:43:31 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_gGBRqzxrQ&t=2611s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/2024-11-09-ai-will-consume-20-of-the-us-grid-by-2030-lmxa/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "AI will consume 20% of the US grid by 2030," Why Decentralized AI Needs Cosmos: Greg Osuri of Akash Explains (The Interop), 9 Nov 2024, 00:43:31. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_gGBRqzxrQ&t=2611s

## Quote — verbatim

> The energy needs are just going to be so high — by 2030, AI is going to consume 20% of \[the\] US electric grid, and that's a given.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Stated as a certainty while arguing nuclear investment won't stop and DePIN has an "incredible opportunity" in the meanwhile.