How AI Could Help Address the Energy Challenge it is Creating

Data center company executives say AI can support energy transition goals while managing the technology’s growing power demands.

June 25, 2026

AI, while often cited as a major driver of today's energy demands, could also be seen as an answer to this challenge if used correctly.

That was the message from speakers at Schneider Electric's Climate Action Week in London last week, where executives from Schneider Electric, Dell Technologies, Stack Infrastructure and Pure Data Centre Group discussed how AI is reshaping energy systems.

"We're no longer debating targets or long-term intent," David Hall, U.K. and Ireland zone president at Schneider Electric, which supplies infrastructure to support AI data centers, said in a keynote. "We're in the phase where success is judged on delivery, on progress we can prove at scale."