Electrical grids are under stress

Surging demand for electricity around the world caused by a
growing number of AI data centres and electric cars, is stressing
networks and affecting the economies of countries that can’t keep up

ELECTRICITY SYSTEM STRESS INDEX

Early 2000s: Stress from increasing
industrialisation, rapid economic
growth, rising living standards
and arrival of mobile phones

Early 2020s: Countries are racing
to build infrastructure needed to
support electrical demands of
cutting edge technology

Less stressed
More stressed

2001 2005 2010 2015 2020 2024

Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
China
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
UK
U.S.

Sources: Bloomberg, Ember
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