Azerbaijan could become one of the attractive destinations for data centers and artificial intelligence infrastructure thanks to its competitive energy supply, Pattabi Seshadri, Managing Director and Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), said during the session titled “Leaders’ Perspectives on Energy Transformation and Future Strategies” at the Baku Energy Forum, APA-Economics reports.
According to him, around 75 gigawatts of new artificial intelligence and data center capacity are expected to be commissioned globally by 2030.
Seshadri noted that each 1-gigawatt data center requires approximately $50 billion in investment, and global competition in this field is intensifying rapidly.
“This is about the competitiveness of energy supply and the speed of project implementation. In this regard, the question arises: why not Azerbaijan?” he emphasized.
According to the BCG executive, data centers could become a new form of energy exports for countries.
He added that the successful implementation of artificial intelligence technologies depends not only on technology, but also on human capital and the restructuring of management processes.
“The key issue is people. It is important to integrate AI tools into people’s daily activities and redesign business processes,” Seshadri said.
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