US electricity production must grow by 'tens of percent' by end of decade to support hundreds of millions of frontier-AI GPUs.

US electricity production must grow by 'tens of percent' by end of decade to support hundreds of millions of frontier-AI GPUs. | tens of percent | US electricity production growth rate

Key catalyst: US electricity production growth rate

Watch events: US electricity production YoY; SMR deployment; behind-the-meter gas turbine deployments at AI campuses.

tens of percent

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