AI and power infrastructure: clarify the electrical requirement

Industry update The IEA’s April 2026 report revisits energy and AI, examining rising data-centre investment, electricity demand and the response of grids and supply chains. INNOFLOW perspective “Data-centre use” alone is not an adequate product specification. Procurement teams need to identify where a component will operate and what the project design requires of it. Structure enquiries around incoming supply, distribution, switching, monitoring and metering. Keep operational requirements separate from a preferred brand or appearance so that technical documents can be compared consistently. Before selecting a product Request a model-specific datasheet and the relevant project documentation. Compatibility, redundancy and system reliability must be assessed at system level by the project team; an individual component or a general industry trend cannot establish them.