Robotics to demand 363 TWh of electricity globally by 2035, per Wood Mackenzie
ingliguori · x · 2026-10-18
Wood Mackenzie's base case projects global robotics electricity demand reaching 363 TWh by 2035, mostly driven by industrial robots. The author frames robotics as increasingly a grid-planning problem and asks whether automation ROI calculations should now factor in grid capacity — linking robot adoption to energy constraints beyond compute.
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