
UK AI Electricity Demand Outlook 2026
Bottom-up model of AI-driven electricity growth across UK regions to 2030, with sensitivity to model efficiency and adoption.
Everything we publish on AI's UK electricity impact — demand forecasts, efficiency and grid coupling.

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Bottom-up model of AI-driven electricity growth across UK regions to 2030, with sensitivity to model efficiency and adoption.

Long-range demand model covering electrification of heat, transport, industry and AI compute, benchmarked against ESO FES.

The current regulatory landscape for AI, data centres and electricity in the UK, and where policy is heading over the next 24 months.

The hidden electricity footprint of leading AI services, benchmarked for UK decision-makers. An independent, evidence-based quarterly index covering ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot and more — with UK demand, grid impact and forecasts to 2035.

The environmental cost of AI-generated answers versus conventional search, benchmarked for UK decision-makers. An independent, evidence-based comparison of electricity, water and carbon per query across Google, Gemini, ChatGPT, Copilot, Perplexity and Claude — with forecasts to 2035.
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