The world remains abuzz over artificial intelligence, but rapid advancement and adoption of the technology is poised to drive a significant increase in power demand, and this demand could redefine energy consumption as we know it. Today we ask the critical question: is the energy sector equipped for the AI power revolution?

Will Su, of BlackRock's Fundamental Equities team, is one of BlackRock’s leading voices on all things energy. Will walks us through the sector’s pivotal role in the build-out and future of AI and digs into the potential investment opportunities and challenges.

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