🇫🇷 French, 25 October 2026, AI impact
AI development may reduce global copper demand
AI's lower metal requirements could offset increased infrastructure needs
The development of AI infrastructure is expected to increase copper demand, but experts say AI itself is less metal-intensive than traditional sectors.
The LME Week conference highlighted the paradoxical relationship between AI and copper demand.
Copper needs for AI infrastructure are estimated to be around 1 million tonnes this year, but this is a small fraction of the 28 million tonnes used globally.