AI Boom, Data Centres Driving Global Transformer Demand — FG

The federal government has attributed the growing global demand for transformers to rising electricity needs driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and data centres, warning that Nigeria must plan ahead to secure critical equipment for its transmission infrastructure.
The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, disclosed this while responding to questions from State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Tegbe explained that high-capacity transformers, particularly 300-megavolt-ampere (MVA) units, were specialised equipment that could not simply be purchased off the shelf.
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