Data-driven demand

Mark Hutchins introduces pv magazine’s March 2026 edition, which takes a detailed look at how AI and the data centers it runs on are reshaping energy demand.

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Mark Hutchins

02 Mar 2026

Mark Hutchins, pictured with Waaree Group executive director Sunil Rathi, and pv magazine India editor Uma Gupta | pv magazine

The speed at which businesses and consumers have adopted generative artificial intelligence into their daily lives has come as a surprise to many, and we are only at the beginning in terms of experimenting with what such applications might be capable of. One thing AI is already proving to be capable of is consuming large …

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