AI and energy: Orgalim meets EVP Virkkunen and Commissioner Jørgensen
Friday 21 November: Orgalim attended the European Commission's high-level expert meeting with Commissioner Dan Jørgensen and Commission EVP Henna Virkkunen on how artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the energy landscape.
AI can help optimise energy systems, driving up efficiency levels and cutting emissions. Yet in Europe, AI uptake in energy remains comparatively low.
The roundtable provided a valuable opportunity for industry representatives and policy makers to discuss how we can promote faster AI development and deployment into European energy infrastructures
With three times more AI Data Centres expected to operate in Europe by 2030, the exchange focused on the important question of how Europe’s energy system can meet and absorb the rapidly growing energy needs of AI in the coming years.
As artificial intelligence offers new tools to enhance resilience and efficiency within our power system, the European Commission is developing its Strategic Roadmap for Digitalisation and AI in the Energy Sector that aligns with its Apply AI Strategy.
The event covered how to integrate AI technologies in an energy-efficient way and triple the EU's data centre capacity in the coming years; how to promote EU innovation in both AI development and deployment; how to mitigate risks to critical infrastructure and cybersecurity.