AI is the most transformational development in digital infrastructure that we have seen since the creation of the internet. It is dictating conversations in boardrooms around the world, with expectations on what can be delivered by utilising AI tools growing exponentially as technologies develop.

Numerous technologies including SMRs, enhanced geothermal and clean hydrogen are touted as potential solutions to meeting GenAI power requirements, but with GW scale data centers forecast for just a couple of years from now, are we scaling clean energy fast enough? Will technology adoption and policy frameworks be ready? If not, how should we be pivoting to ensure we meet imminent large scale power requirements? And at the bottom line, how is clean energy shaping cost-effective power solutions?