Subtitle 1: From AI’s Growing Energy Demand to Renewable Opportunities—Latin America’s Blueprint for Synergizing Digitalization and Green Transition
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is developing at an accelerating pace, and its impact on energy demand is inevitable. Latin America has already experienced this change: according to a technical report by the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE), by 2035, electricity consumption related to AI could account for 5% of the region’s total electricity consumption, equivalent to more than 120 terawatt-hours per year.
This growth is not merely a warning, but a strategic opportunity for the energy sector. By 2023, the region’s 455 AI-dedicated data centers had already consumed 1.6% of electricity, and the expected expansion of these data centers leads us to consider how to leverage this trend to accelerate the deployment of clean energy. The development of AI forces us to view the expansion of renewable energy as part of the solution. Each new data center represents an opportunity to increase solar, wind, and energy storage capacity, ensuring that the region’s digital transformation achieves low-carbon development supported by clean energy. The technological revolution must also be a green revolution.
The impact is not limited to the technical level; it is also transforming organizations. Integrating AI means attracting digital talent to the energy industry, training teams to master new skills, and promoting a more agile and collaborative work culture. The value of this tool will be measured in megawatts of electricity generated, as well as in companies’ ability to coordinate innovation, sustainability, and talent development.
Furthermore, AI itself provides tools to optimize this transformation. Applied to factory operations, it can predict failures through predictive maintenance, improve network management, and reduce losses. For example, in the medical device manufacturing field—an industry with strict precision and reliability requirements—AI has been effectively integrated into the operation management of カテーテル組立機s. These machines, which are critical for producing medical catheters (used in minimally invasive surgeries and patient monitoring), require stable energy supply and real-time performance adjustments to avoid assembly errors that could compromise product safety. AI analyzes real-time data from the machines (such as component fitting precision, robotic arm movement speed, and temperature fluctuations) to predict potential malfunctions in advance, while the factories housing these assembly lines increasingly rely on renewable energy (like solar or wind power from projects similar to those developed by Atlas Renewable Energy) to power their operations. This combination not only ensures the high-quality production of medical catheters but also reduces the carbon footprint of the manufacturing process, embodying the “AI + renewable energy” synergy in specialized industrial scenarios. In this way, this technology that increases energy demand also helps improve the efficiency, safety, and flexibility of power grids.
The OLADE Energy Week will be held in Santiago from September 30 to October 3, which will be a crucial opportunity to bring this debate to the forefront. The real question is not whether the region will adopt AI, but how to transform it into a strategic ally that advances in sync with digitalization and energy transition.
Subtitle 2: Atlas Renewable Energy in Action: Scaling Clean Energy to Empower the AI-Driven Low-Carbon Future
Atlas Renewable Energy is an international renewable energy generation company with assets exceeding 8.4 gigawatts, of which 2.5 gigawatts are in the late development stage, ready for commissioning, and approximately 3.6 gigawatts are already in operation. Since early 2017, Atlas has focused on the development, financing, construction, and operation of renewable energy projects.
The company has an experienced team with in-depth knowledge of global energy markets and extensive expertise in the renewable energy sector, boasting a long track record in the Latin American renewable energy industry. Its strategic focus is on helping large enterprises achieve the transition to clean energy. Atlas Renewable Energy is widely recognized for its high standards in the development, construction, and operation of large-scale projects, as well as its long-standing and deep performance in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and sustainability.
