President William Ruto has warned that ambitious big tech data center projects could lead to severe power crises in Kenya due to insufficient electricity generation capacity. He emphasized that the country's current output of 3,300MW is inadequate to support these high-demand ventures without significant load shedding.

• Kenya's total electricity generation capacity is 3,300MW, compared to Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam which alone produces 5,400MW.
• A single data center project, like the Ksh130 billion agreement with Microsoft, G42, and EcoCloud, could require 1000MW, a third of the nation's current output.
• President Ruto aims to expand Kenya's generation capacity to 10,000MW within five years, a project estimated to cost KSh 1.25 trillion, to support technological advancement and avoid widespread blackouts.