Only in the US are data centers the main driver of surging global power demand, a new report from consulting firm McKinsey & Company says. Industrial development is on pace to double global electricity demand by 2050, according to McKinsey & Company's Global Energy Perspective 2025 report . The race to build artificial intelligence data centers is a key driver of that demand in Western Europe, China, and North America. "After analyzing a detailed pipeline of data center projects, we predict an