# @realryankennedy on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=bXnpXWCPAyI
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33408671-realryankennedy-youtube
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/201f785d21.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-08-16T06:32:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ryan Kennedy (@realryankennedy) — https://gondola.cc/realryankennedy

## Caption

AI may use up to 9% of U.S. electricity by 2030. But America’s grid expansion is slow - 4–5 year interconnection waits are common—while China is laying down massive high-voltage and UHV lines at pace. Who wins the AI race if the bottleneck is power, not chips?￼ ￼ ￼ ￼

#ai #datacenters #energy #grid #china #transmission #technews

## Stats

- **Views:** 4,118
- **Likes:** 123
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 10

## Tags

energy, china, grid, technews, datacenters, transmission, ai

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