AI could account for nearly half of datacentre power usage ‘by end of year’
by Dan Milmo Global technology editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#6XFEN)
Analysis comes as energy agency predicts systems will need as much energy by end of decade as Japan uses today
Artificial intelligence systems could account for nearly half of datacentre power consumption by the end of this year, analysis has revealed.
The estimates by Alex de Vries-Gao, the founder of the Digiconomist tech sustainability website, came as the International Energy Agency forecast that AI would require almost as much energy by the end of this decade as Japan uses today.
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