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@NiyerEnergy: If the metric is growth rates, the US has sustained the cited…

2026-08-01 · 15:57 UTC ·@NiyerEnergy ·0 min read

Brief

NiyerEnergy argues the US has maintained the referenced growth rate for decades but is outscaled by China: China is twice as big, growing twice as fast and trending twice as cheap, routinely adding >1,300 GW every few years. The post cites Ben Schifman’s warning that data centers could double Texas’s power demand within five years.

Why it matters

@NiyerEnergy: If the metric is growth rates, the US has sustained the cited growth rate for decades (post published 2026-08-01).

Key details

  • @NiyerEnergy: For overall grid expansion China is 'twice as big, growing twice as fast, trending twice as cheap' and 'regularly adds an entire US grid worth of electricity (>1,300 GW) every few years'; Ben Schifman warned data centers could double Texas's power demand within five years.
Source evidence

If we are talking about growth rates, then yes the US has sustained this growth rate for decades.

If we are talking about overall growth, then Ben is right Chinas grid is twice as big growing twice as fast trending twice as cheap.

Ben Schifman (@BenSchifman)

Data centers could double TX's power demand within five years.

"No state, and probably no country in the world" has had this level of load growth in such a short time, says State Senator.

He's right that no US state has pulled this off but China regularly adds an entire US grid worth of electricity (>1,300 GW) every few years.

— https://nitter.net/BenSchifman/status/2083202122758094931#m