The National Energy Administration reported on July 18 that the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference opened in Shanghai on the 17th. At the “Artificial Intelligence and Two-Way Energy Empowerment” sub-forum, relevant officials of the National Energy Administration said that China will speed up the construction of a new energy system and give green wings to the development of artificial intelligence. At present, the computing power industry has become a new engine driving the growth of electricity consumption in the whole society. In response to the current situation of rapid growth in computing power and electricity consumption, relevant experts from the China Electric Power Enterprise Federation proposed that it is necessary to follow the core idea of “using electricity to force calculation and promote electricity”, differentiate the layout of computing power and power resources in the east and west layers, make efforts in multiple dimensions of planning, policy, and operation regulation, continue to deepen telecommunication collaboration, and cultivate new types of productivity in the energy sector through artificial intelligence and energy empowerment.

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