Proof Engine Verification: Training and running today's frontier AI models consumes more electricity than entire small countries.

Verdict: PROVED - A typical AI-focused data centre (which the International Energy Agency (IEA) defines as a facility performing both AI training and inference) consumes **1,050 GWh of electricity per year** — equivalent to 100,000 US households. - Nauru, the smallest UN member state with documented electricity data (~11,000 people), consumes **37.89 GWh per year** — the entire nation. - A single typical AI-focused data centre therefore consumes **27.7 times more electricity annually than all of Nauru** (1,050