# AI’s Power Demand Was Set to Explode — Then DeepSeek Changed Everything. Or Did It?

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/ais-power-demand-was-set-to-explode-then-deepseek-changed-everything-or-did-it/
- Published: 2025-02-02T09:45:40-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image credit: Amrulqays Maarof via Pixabay. Article by Mihai Andrei.  ZME Science – January 31, 2025. The future of artificial intelligence was bound to be power-hungry. As AI systems like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude grew more expansive, so did their energy needs — skyrocketing demand for electricity from data centers and putting a strain on the U.S. power grid. Projections suggested that AI could account for up to 25% of U.S. electricity […] Click here to view original web page at www.zmescience.com