AI power and infrastructure needs boomed in 2025. At Davos, the AI story for 2026 remains the same.

The AI boom triggered a surge in energy demand and infrastructure development throughout 2025. Global leaders gathered at this week's World Economic Forum in Davos expect these same themes to be a major part of the AI story in 2026. "I said, you can't create this much energy. We needed more than double the energy currently in the country just to take care of the AI plants, and I said we can't do that," President Trump said in comments during his speech in Davos Wednesday, during which he repeatedly emphas ...