# By 2028 AI data centers could use 12% of the US grid

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2025-06-24
- **Theme:** Energy & AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/
- **Source:** Akash Accelerate 2025: Official Livestream (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 04:27:34 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiVrlo7XJA0&t=16054s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/2025-06-24-by-2028-ai-data-centers-could-use-12-of-the-us-gri-ppgi/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "By 2028 AI data centers could use 12% of the US grid," Akash Accelerate 2025: Official Livestream (Akash Network), 24 Jun 2025, 04:27:34. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiVrlo7XJA0&t=16054s

## Quote — verbatim

> In 2023, US data centers consumed 176 terawatt hours of electricity. That's about 4.4% of the national grid — more than double what they used just 5 years ago. And the curve isn't slowing down. By 2028 the number could reach 12%, more than every household in California combined. The problem isn't silicon, it's supply.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Keynote's energy-crisis setup, citing the DOE/LBNL figures he used before Congress.