--- title: Europe should make AI prove its value before giving it... description: Europe should stop treating AI data center power demand as an automatic priority on the grid, the author argues. An MIT study found 95% of companies'... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/europe-should-make-ai-prove-its-value-before-giving-it-priority-on-the-grid-hnv60eiqc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Europe should make AI prove its value before giving it priority on the grid | daily.dev og:description: Europe should stop treating AI data center power demand as an automatic priority on the grid, the author argues. An MIT study found 95% of companies'... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/europe-should-make-ai-prove-its-value-before-giving-it-priority-on-the-grid-hnv60eiqc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hNV60EiqC.png og:image:alt: Europe should make AI prove its value before giving it priority on the grid og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Europe should make AI prove its value before giving it priority on the grid **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Europe should stop treating AI data center power demand as an automatic priority on the grid, the author argues. An MIT study found 95% of companies' generative AI pilots produced no measurable return, and AI data center economics haven't been shown to be profitable. The IEA projects global data center electricity use will hit about 945 terawatt-hours by 2030, more than double 2024 levels. AEP Ohio's data center requests fell from a 30-gigawatt pool to about 13 gigawatts after customers had to request and pay for engineering studies, with binding agreements covering about 5.6 gigawatts. The author wants European regulators to require similar financial commitments, cost responsibility and demonstrated public benefit before granting data centers grid priority. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What percentage of corporate generative AI pilots have failed to show a measurable return? An MIT study found that 95% of companies' generative AI pilots had produced no measurable return. This finding is cited as evidence that AI data center demand should not automatically be treated as a priority for scarce grid capacity in Europe, since the economic value of much AI investment remains unproven. _Weighing AI investment against real returns is easier with reporting like this tracked on daily.dev._ ### How much did AEP Ohio's data center demand pool shrink after requiring credit deposits and study fees? AEP Ohio's initial pool of roughly 30 gigawatts of data center requests narrowed to about 13 gigawatts after customers had to request and pay for engineering studies. Binding agreements ultimately covered approximately 5.6 gigawatts of that pool, excluding contracts signed before the new tariff took effect. _Grid planners weighing speculative demand against real commitments can follow cases like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [EU asks households to cut power use as AI data centres strain grids](https://daily.dev/posts/eu-asks-households-to-cut-power-use-as-ai-data-centres-strain-grids-zutdhhuby) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How much energy do data centers and artificial intelligence use?](https://daily.dev/posts/how-much-energy-do-data-centers-and-artificial-intelligence-use--n18jjn9mp) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Data centers expected to use 4x more electricity by 2035](https://daily.dev/posts/data-centers-expected-to-use-4x-more-electricity-by-2035-j2q6reqsj) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/europe-should-make-ai-prove-its-value-before-giving-it-priority-on-the-grid-hnv60eiqc) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Europe should make AI prove its value before giving it priority on the grid","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/europe-should-make-ai-prove-its-value-before-giving-it-priority-on-the-grid-hnv60eiqc","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/europe-should-make-ai-prove-its-value-before-giving-it-priority-on-the-grid-hnv60eiqc"},"datePublished":"2026-10-28T17:44:55.488Z","dateModified":"2026-10-28T17:59:21.419Z","description":"Europe should stop treating AI data center power demand as an automatic priority on the grid, the author argues. 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