Industry
Data Centres
Large-scale facilities housing computing and networking equipment, increasingly built to support AI workloads; a rapidly growing source of copper demand for wiring, power infrastructure and cooling systems.
Covered in 2 MetalsCost.com News Intelligence articles, most recently on September 2, 2026.
Coverage
Gallium
UK Could Need Up to 40% of Global Lithium Output by 2030 as Data Centres Strain Mineral Supply Chains
The report ties data-centre, AI and quantum-computing growth directly to a widening UK mineral demand gap, with the global data-centre market forecast to grow from $300-350 billion in 2024 to $600-1,000 billion by 2030.
Copper
Goldman Sachs Expects Copper to Slide Toward $11,000 a Tonne After January's Record High
Goldman projects data centres could add 330,000 to 420,000 tonnes of annual copper demand by 2030, a long-term cost driver for AI infrastructure buildout even as near-term copper prices are forecast to ease from January's record.
