The Geopolitics of Energy Algorithms: Who Will Control Oil Markets in the Age of Artificial Intelligence? |
From oil wells to data power
For decades, power in the global energy market was defined by oil reserves, production capacity, pipelines, shipping routes and geopolitical geography. States that controlled strategic chokepoints, export corridors and vast hydrocarbon resources were considered the central actors of the international energy order. Yet recent developments suggest that the world is gradually entering a new phase in which data, algorithms and artificial intelligence are becoming part of the infrastructure of energy power itself.
Today, competition over energy is no longer confined to oil fields in the Gulf or gas pipelines in the Eastern Mediterranean. Increasingly, it is taking place inside data centres, predictive systems and AI-driven analytical platforms.
Today, competition over energy is no longer confined to oil fields in the Gulf or gas pipelines in the Eastern Mediterranean. Increasingly, it is taking place inside data centres, predictive systems and AI-driven analytical platforms.
Major energy companies, investment banks, sovereign wealth funds and governments now rely on advanced algorithms to analyse geopolitical risks, forecast oil prices, assess security crises and manage energy supply chains.
In this emerging order, the actor capable of analysing energy-related data faster and more accurately will........