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title: "AI-driven energy demand flips ESG investments into a mainstream infrastructure play in 2025"
type: "News"
locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/270897510.md"
description: "Investors are transitioning clean energy from a niche ESG allocation to a core economic strategy, driven by AI and data center expansion reshaping global power needs. ESG's appeal diminished due to \"green washing,\" but the focus is now on genuine economic strategies."
datetime: "2025-12-27T16:30:38.000Z"
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# AI-driven energy demand flips ESG investments into a mainstream infrastructure play in 2025

By Ben Aris in Berlin Investors are rapidly shifting their view of clean energy from a niche ESG allocation to a core economic strategy, as the rise of artificial intelligence and data centre expansion reshapes global power needs. ESG lost its shine after too many companies “green washed” their businesses to attract socially and environmentally con...

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