# International Energy Agency

The International Energy Agency publishes energy data and scenarios, including research on electricity demand from AI.

Type: organization. Context selected by Escape Meridian; inclusion is not endorsement.

[Collection](/entities/iea)
[Original website](https://www.iea.org/)

## Sources

- [International Energy Agency](https://www.iea.org/reports/energy-and-ai): Connect AI demand to grids, power generation, investment and energy security.

## Perspectives


## Terminal notes

- [The cloud meets the power system](/notes/iea-data-centre-demand.md): The IEA estimates that data centres used about 415 TWh of electricity globally in 2024. Its 2025 base case projects roughly 945 TWh in 2030, with efficiency, deployment and grid constraints producing alternative paths.

## Parallels

- [Access is a beginning](/parallels?parallel=access-and-power): Who can turn access to AI into a real choice?
- [A discovery is a beginning](/parallels?parallel=discovery-to-benefit): What has to happen for a technical advance to become a shared benefit?

## Context references

- [https://www.iea.org/](https://www.iea.org/)
- [https://www.iea.org/reports/energy-and-ai](https://www.iea.org/reports/energy-and-ai)

Latest published distillations: [Publications API](/api/pipeline/publications?entity=iea)