Qatar Warns of LNG Supply Crunch by 2035 Amid AI-Driven Energy Demand
Qatar’s Energy Minister Saad Sherida al-Kaabi sounded the alarm at the Doha Forum: Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets face a supply shortfall by 2035 unless investment accelerates. The warning comes as AI data centers and electricity-hungry technologies rewrite energy demand curves.
‘There’s underinvestment—if that doesn’t change in five to six years, we will have issues,’ al-Kaabi stated. Projections show LNG demand surging 50-75% to 600-700 million tonnes annually by 2035, up from 400 million today. Gas remains the transitional fuel of choice as renewables struggle to keep pace with AI infrastructure’s insatiable appetite.