Power Outages Drive Supply Chain Worries, Report Says
- Oct 6, 2025
- 1 min read
Survey of global executives links rising energy instability and AI-driven demand to future supply-chain breakdowns.
Published October 6, 2025, this Utility Dive report reveals that 89% of corporate leaders have suffered energy-related supply-chain disruptions in the past year. With AI, EV, and data-center demand surging, executives rank power reliability among their top three operational risks, alongside labor shortages and logistics volatility.
83% expect their facilities’ power requirements to grow 10–50% by 2030.
Energy unreliability now seen as a core supply-chain threat, not a utility issue.
Companies plan larger on-site generation, microgrids, and HVDC interties for resilience.
Underscores urgency for domestic manufacturing of HVDC converters and cables.
“With AI use driving power demands, roughly three quarters of the executives surveyed expect power requirements at their facilities to increase by 10-50% over the next five years.” — Utility Dive, October 2025
CONCLUSION
Supply-chain resilience now depends on electrical resilience. Engineering teams must integrate HVDC and distributed power design into manufacturing and logistics planning to prevent cascading production losses.
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