AI’s energy demand 71 Improving the efficiency of AI and data centers 79 Developing new sources of carbon-free electricity 81 Meeting the electricity needs of AI with carbon-free energy 69 04 Seven priority areas 87 – 102 05 Recommendations for realizing AI's potential for the energy transformation 85 Table of contents Executive summary 5 Energy, innovation, and growth 13 Energy and AI at the crossroads 19 The potential for partnership between the energy and technology sectors 23 The challenge and opportunity for energy and AI 11 01 02 Decarbonizing the current energy system 29 Building the energy system of the future 35 The potential for AI to accelerate the energy transformation 25 03 Systems level 49 Operational level 55 Global level 59 AI's potential to evolve more advanced abilities 67 AI and the future energy system 43 2 Powering Possible 1