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AI’s energy appetite and job fears will ignite protest risk in 2026, Beazley warns

By 2025-12-15T07:00:00

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’We predict 2026, there will be some sort of physical protest against data centres and what they represent in terms of unwanted energy demand,’ says chief executive

Beazley has warned that surging energy use from artificial intelligence, social tensions over job displacement and rising geopolitical volatility will create a far more combustible risk environment for businesses in 2026.

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