Contributors Acknowledgements Sincere appreciation is extended to the following industry partners, who provided both critical feedback and use case contributions. Louise Anderson Assistant Vice-President, Government and Institutional Relations, Hitachi Energy Sara Axelrod Vice-President, Public Affairs and Government Relations, Crusoe Harmeet Bawa Group Senior Vice-President; Global Head, Government and Institutional Relations, Hitachi Energy Hui Wen Chan Senior Director, Sustainability, Crusoe Tawanda Chihota Communications Lead, AIQ Arti Garg Executive Vice-President, Chief Technologist, AVEVA Group Antonia Gawel Director, Sustainability and Partnerships, Google Jesus Oliva Gonzalo Head, Data and AI, MoeveGlenn Gu Senior Director NZIP Product & Development, Envision Group Ryan Hardin Senior Manager, Energy Transition, MYCentre4IR Beth Hartman Industry Executive for Federal Science and Research, Google Public Sector Ian Hodgkinson Professor of Strategy, Loughborough Business School, Loughborough University Fariz Jafarov Head, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Azerbaijan David Villaseca Morales Chief Strategy Officer, Moeve Katherine Murphy AI Commercial Enablement, Rockwell Automation Cyril Perducat Senior Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer, Rockwell Automation Uljan Sharka Founder and Chief Executive Officer, DomynLead authors Eric Enselme Executive Fellow, Centre for AI Excellence, World Economic Forum Ginelle Greene-Dewasmes Initiatives Lead, Artificial Intelligence and Energy, Centre for AI Excellence, World Economic Forum Michael Higgins AI and Energy Fellow, AI Governance Alliance; Strategy Principal Director, US Utilities Strategy, Accenture Project team Maria Basso Head, AI Applications and Impact, Centre for AI Excellence, World Economic Forum Espen Mehlum Head, Energy, Centre for Energy and Materials, World Economic Forum Karolina Oleszczuk Specialist, AI Responsible Industry Adoption, Centre for AI Excellence, World Economic Forum World Economic Forum Helen Burdett Head, Planetary Solutions, C4IR Physical Technologies Valentin Golovtchenko Lead, Climate Technology, C4IR Physical Technologies Jeremy Jurgens Managing Director, Managing Board From Paradox to Progress: A Net-Positive AI Energy Framework 34

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