{"id":75187,"date":"2026-09-02T17:26:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T22:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colombiainteligente.org\/?p=75187"},"modified":"2026-09-02T17:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T22:29:40","slug":"the-energy-sprint-of-the-ai-race-a-green-window-of-opportunity-for-developing-countries-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colombiainteligente.org\/es_co\/tendencias\/the-energy-sprint-of-the-ai-race-a-green-window-of-opportunity-for-developing-countries-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Energy Sprint of the AI Race: A Green Window of Opportunity for Developing Countries?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"75187\" class=\"elementor elementor-75187\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-87c6aa2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87c6aa2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-558bb819\" data-id=\"558bb819\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3067325c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3067325c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p lang=\"en-US\">El informe The Energy Sprint of the AI Race, publicado por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) en mayo de 2026 en colaboraci\u00f3n con el Technology and Industrialisation for Development Centre (TIDE) de la Universidad de Oxford, examina la convergencia entre dos transiciones globales que hasta ahora se han abordado de forma separada: la expansi\u00f3n acelerada de la inteligencia artificial y la transformaci\u00f3n hacia sistemas energ\u00e9ticos limpios. Su tesis central sostiene que la competitividad de los ecosistemas nacionales de IA depender\u00e1, en el largo plazo, del acceso a electricidad abundante, confiable, barata y baja en carbono, m\u00e1s que de la disponibilidad de datos o de talento algor\u00edtmico.<\/p><p lang=\"en-US\">\u00a0<\/p><p lang=\"en-US\">El consumo el\u00e9ctrico de los centros de datos, que en 2023 rondaba los 416 teravatios hora, podr\u00eda duplicarse hacia 2030 y alcanzar cerca de 945 teravatios hora, una cifra comparable al consumo energ\u00e9tico total de Jap\u00f3n. Metodol\u00f3gicamente, el estudio combina una revisi\u00f3n de literatura sobre tecnolog\u00edas de prop\u00f3sito general, geopol\u00edtica energ\u00e9tica y ventanas de oportunidad verde -concepto desarrollado por Lema y otros autores en 2020-, con un mapeo original de 88 empresas emergentes de \u00abIA verde\u00bb en siete econom\u00edas en desarrollo: Brasil, Chile, India, Malasia, M\u00e9xico, Nigeria y Sud\u00e1frica. Estas empresas se concentran en nueve categor\u00edas de actividad, entre ellas optimizaci\u00f3n de redes el\u00e9ctricas, plantas de energ\u00eda virtuales, medici\u00f3n inteligente, pron\u00f3stico de demanda e infraestructura de c\u00f3mputo alimentada con renovables.<\/p><p lang=\"en-US\">\u00a0<\/p><p lang=\"en-US\">El informe constata que, pese a la actividad emprendedora, la tracci\u00f3n comercial sigue concentrada en pocas empresas, limitada por brechas de talento, acceso a clientes tempranos, capital de riesgo y marcos regulatorios inciertos. Para organizar sus hallazgos, el documento propone un marco de tres pilares -personas, planeta y prosperidad- que vincula el desarrollo de la IA con la inclusi\u00f3n social, los l\u00edmites ambientales y la transformaci\u00f3n productiva. Bajo el pilar de planeta, el informe detalla c\u00f3mo el consumo de agua para enfriamiento de centros de datos podr\u00eda duplicarse hacia 2030, superando los 1.200 miles de millones de litros anuales a nivel global, y advierte sobre la concentraci\u00f3n geogr\u00e1fica de minerales cr\u00edticos como el cobalto, cuya extracci\u00f3n en la Rep\u00fablica Democr\u00e1tica del Congo genera escaso valor agregado local. Bajo el pilar de prosperidad, examina c\u00f3mo la instalaci\u00f3n de un centro de datos t\u00edpico genera empleo temporal en construcci\u00f3n pero una planta operativa reducida, por lo que su verdadero impacto depende de si los pa\u00edses logran construir capacidades locales en servicios de IA, ingenier\u00eda especializada y desarrollo de plataformas. El informe cierra con cinco recomendaciones estrat\u00e9gicas: fortalecer la resiliencia econ\u00f3mica mediante ecosistemas locales de innovaci\u00f3n en IA y energ\u00eda; adoptar la \u00abIA verde\u00bb como enfoque por defecto en infraestructura, compras p\u00fablicas e inversi\u00f3n; escalar posiciones en la cadena de valor de minerales cr\u00edticos, energ\u00eda y c\u00f3mputo; alinear las estrategias de IA, energ\u00eda e industria mediante planeaci\u00f3n nacional integrada; y apoyar a las startups de IA verde con instrumentos de financiamiento y creaci\u00f3n de mercado.<\/p><p lang=\"en-US\">\u00a0<\/p><p lang=\"en-US\">El valor de este informe para una alianza dedicada a la inserci\u00f3n de redes inteligentes radica en que sit\u00faa la modernizaci\u00f3n de la red el\u00e9ctrica como condici\u00f3n habilitante -y no solo como beneficiaria- de la revoluci\u00f3n de la inteligencia artificial. Sus hallazgos sobre optimizaci\u00f3n de despacho de renovables mediante IA, gesti\u00f3n de la demanda con medici\u00f3n inteligente y reducci\u00f3n de p\u00e9rdidas t\u00e9cnicas -con ganancias de eficiencia energ\u00e9tica estimadas entre 10% y 30%- ofrecen argumentos concretos para justificar inversi\u00f3n en digitalizaci\u00f3n de la red ante reguladores y financiadores. Asimismo, sus casos de pol\u00edtica p\u00fablica, como la estrategia Morocco Digital 2030 de centros de datos alimentados con energ\u00eda renovable, entregan referencias replicables para dise\u00f1ar marcos regulatorios que condicionen la instalaci\u00f3n de infraestructura digital intensiva en energ\u00eda al uso de fuentes limpias y a la modernizaci\u00f3n de la red asociada.<\/p><p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Para leer m\u00e1s ingrese a:<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.undp.org\/publications\/energy-sprint-ai-race\">https:\/\/www.undp.org\/publications\/energy-sprint-ai-race<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"yasr-auto-insert-visitor\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Este informe del PNUD, elaborado junto al Oxford TIDE Centre, plantea que el futuro de la inteligencia artificial depender\u00e1 menos de los algoritmos que del acceso a energ\u00eda limpia, abundante y confiable. El consumo el\u00e9ctrico de los centros de datos podr\u00eda llegar a 945 teravatios hora en 2030, lo que convierte a la electricidad en el principal cuello de botella de la carrera por la IA. El documento propone el concepto de \u00abventana verde de oportunidad\u00bb: la posibilidad de que pa\u00edses con alto potencial renovable -en \u00c1frica, Am\u00e9rica Latina y otras regiones del Sur Global- capturen valor en la nueva econom\u00eda digital si combinan energ\u00eda limpia con capacidades institucionales, regulatorias e industriales s\u00f3lidas. A partir de un mapeo de 88 startups de IA verde en siete econom\u00edas emergentes y de un marco anal\u00edtico de tres pilares -personas, planeta y prosperidad-, el informe examina las brechas de talento, financiamiento y gobernanza que frenan estos ecosistemas y formula cinco recomendaciones de pol\u00edtica para integrar la planeaci\u00f3n energ\u00e9tica con la estrategia de inteligencia artificial. Para el sector el\u00e9ctrico y de redes inteligentes, el estudio ofrece evidencia sobre c\u00f3mo la IA puede optimizar redes, reducir p\u00e9rdidas y mejorar la gesti\u00f3n de la demanda, al tiempo que exige decisiones cuidadosas sobre infraestructura, agua y minerales cr\u00edticos.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":75188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[55,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digitalizacion","category-tendencias"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Energy Sprint of the AI Race: A Green Window of Opportunity for Developing Countries? - Colombia Inteligente<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/colombiainteligente.org\/es_co\/tendencias\/the-energy-sprint-of-the-ai-race-a-green-window-of-opportunity-for-developing-countries-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Energy Sprint of the AI Race: A Green Window of Opportunity for Developing Countries? - Colombia Inteligente\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Este informe del PNUD, elaborado junto al Oxford TIDE Centre, plantea que el futuro de la inteligencia artificial depender\u00e1 menos de los algoritmos que del acceso a energ\u00eda limpia, abundante y confiable. 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