# AI will consume \~8% of global energy by 2040

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2025-06-03
- **Theme:** Energy & AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/
- **Source:** Scaling Web3 and AI through DePIN with Greg Osuri! (Secret Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:13:52 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWw18D8zUto&t=832s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/2025-06-03-ai-will-consume-8-of-global-energy-by-2040-2hzi/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "AI will consume \~8% of global energy by 2040," Scaling Web3 and AI through DePIN with Greg Osuri! (Secret Network), 3 Jun 2025, 00:13:52. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWw18D8zUto&t=832s

## Quote — verbatim

> We'll consume about 8% of global energy just to power — and that's a big chunk, 8% is a lot — and we're talking about the West, right? Most of the energy today is produced in the East, in China really. China has about 8 terawatt install capacity, US has about 2 terawatt install capacity.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

A "midpoint" of conservative inference-demand estimates "by year 2040" (stated at 00:13:07); he argues the West is especially exposed given grid and capacity constraints.