Pax Silica could further strain PH power grid, analyst warns

MANILA, Philippines — The world’s data centers already consume more than 3.5 times as much electricity as the entire Philippine economy, according to University of the Philippines associate professor Dr. Alicor Panao. Panao, an Inquirer data scientist, said that if data centers were considered a country, “they would rank as the world’s 11th-largest consumer of