Sweating Through the Intelligent Age: How Climate Extremes and AI's Hunger for Power Are Redrawing Energy Security from the Gulf to the Andes

Rio Times · Analysis

Key Facts

—IEA Warning The International Energy Agency has flagged surging electricity demand driven by record-breaking heatwaves and the rapid expansion of AI data centres, placing unprecedented strain on grids worldwide.

—Middle East Clean-Energy Pivot Ambitious clean-energy projects and digital-infrastructure expansion are reshaping national strategies across the Middle East and Africa, as hydrocarbon-reliant economies hedge against the energy transition.

—Latin America’s Digital Deficit WEF and CEPAL reports stress that universal broadband, 5G and AI-ready networks are prerequisites for growth, with a 10% increase in fixed broadband linked to a 1.48% rise in regional GDP.