[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-bank-of-england-warns-ai-could-be-throttled-by-power-limits":10},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":24,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":22,"tags":25,"sources":29,"feedback":33,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":33,"total_tokens":33},343,"bank-of-england-warns-ai-could-be-throttled-by-power-limits","Bank of England warns AI could be throttled by power limits","Governor Andrew Bailey said on June 6 that rising AI demand may force governments to ration compute power.","- On June 6, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey told a parliamentary hearing that artificial intelligence may soon need to be rationed because the electricity grid cannot keep up with its growth.\n\n- Bailey warned that \"very big social choices\" lie ahead as firms and governments scramble to allocate limited energy between AI workloads and other sectors. He did not give a specific figure for AI’s current power draw, but cited a recent Bank of England analysis that projects AI‑related electricity use could outstrip growth in renewable capacity by 2030.\n\n- The comment matters because it signals that policymakers view AI not just as a technology issue but as a resource‑allocation problem. If regulators start treating compute like water or bandwidth, developers may face caps on training runs or higher costs for cloud power.\n\n- For now, the warning is a sober reminder that AI’s appetite for electricity could become a bottleneck before the technology itself hits any technical ceiling.","[\"ai\",\"energy\",\"bank-of-england\"]","2026-06-06T13:48:36.000Z","2026-06-06T14:11:17.829Z","2026-06-06T14:14:17.638Z","published",null,[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.xyz.onl\u002Farticle-images\u002Fbank-of-england-warns-ai-could-be-throttled-by-power-limits.webp",[26,27,28],"ai","energy","bank-of-england",[30],{"name":31,"url":32},"The Next Web","https:\u002F\u002Fthenextweb.com\u002Fnews\u002Fbailey-bank-of-england-ai-rationing-energy",0]