The AI Boom Could Use a Shocking Amount of Electricity

- The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to a significant increase in global electricity consumption, according to a peer-reviewed analysis published in Joule.

- The analysis estimates that if current trends continue, AI could drive the demand for electricity in data centers to consume at least 85.4 terawatt-hours annually, which is more than what many small countries use in a year.

- AI is energy-intensive, with both the training and inference phases requiring a significant amount of …

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