Russia’s Power Grid Can Support New Wave Of AI Data Centers Russia’s data-center electricity demand is projected to rise from 14.9B kWh in 2025 to 26.2B kWh by 2030, a 76% driven increase mainly by artificial intelligence workloads. Around 70% of the additional consumption is expected to come from AI computing. The growth comes as #Russia already operates one of the world’s larger electricity systems. The country had 270 GW of installed generating capacity at the start of 2026 and produced 1