Bill Gates: Solar Power Needed to Meet AI's Growing Electricity Demand

Bill Gates: "In the near term, we have to build a lot of solar" to satisfy the "significant electricity demand" required to power AI.

"AI is small compared to electrifying cars... trucks and buses, and... industrial processes like steel or cement."

"Fortunately, the companies that are involved in building these data centres don't want to add to climate problems."

"They'll be willing to... pay a little bit above, say, the natural gas price of electricity."