The rapidly expanding global robotics industry could require 363 TWh of electricity annually by 2035 – equivalent to the yearly consumption of around 35 million average US households – according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.
The finding arrives as energy capacity planning is already under pressure from AI data centres, making robotics a second and largely unmodelled demand on global electricity infrastructure.
Wood Mackenzie puts combined robotics power consumption at 363 TWh by 2035, with industrial robots accounting for 357 TWh in the upper range and humanoid robots adding a further 6 TWh annually. [Read more…] about Robots could consume as much electricity as 35 million US homes by 2035