Google's Energy Use Doubles as AI Demands Increase

Imagine Google has a lot of computers in giant buildings called data centers, which use lots of electricity to help us use the internet and AI.

These centers are using a lot more energy now because AI needs a lot of power.

In 2024, they used more than double the energy they used in 2020.

Google is trying to get this energy from clean sources like solar and wind, but it's tricky.

Sometimes the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow, so they are also looking at new sources like special geothermal and nuclear power plants to keep the lights on in their data centers.

However, even though they are working on these new sources, a large amount of the power they use still isn't clean yet, particularly in some areas of the world.