# DOE: \~508 TWh, 12% of US energy for AI by 2028

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2025-08-02
- **Theme:** Energy & AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/
- **Source:** Solving the AI energy crisis \| Greg Osuri on what it takes to power AI (Changelog)
- **Watch at:** 00:02:11 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61OOQfY5cqU&t=131s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/2025-08-02-doe-508-twh-12-of-us-energy-for-ai-by-2028-7fjn/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "DOE: \~508 TWh, 12% of US energy for AI by 2028," Solving the AI energy crisis \| Greg Osuri on what it takes to power AI (Changelog), 2 Aug 2025, 00:02:11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61OOQfY5cqU&t=131s

## Quote — verbatim

> The conservative estimates amount to about 500 plus, I think 508 \[terawatt\] hours by 2028. For context, that's about 12% of US energy consumption for AI... it's an incredible jump in terms of percentage consumption.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Citing the DOE/Lawrence Berkeley Lab report from his Congressional testimony; he notes AI consumed ~4.4% in the baseline year and calls DOE numbers conservative.