AI and Data Centers Could Use as Much Energy as Japan by 2030

Thanks to AI, Data Centers Will Drive Half of Electricity Demand Growth in the US

The US will use more electricity for data centers than for the production of aluminum, steel, cement, chemicals, and all other energy-intensive goods combined by 2030, if the predictions are correct.

Datacenter energy usage to more than double in next 5 years

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AI and Data Centers Could Use as Much Energy as Japan by 2030

A new report estimates electricity demand for artificial intelligence could quadruple in the next five years.

Fears AI Will Speed Up Climate Change ‘’Overstated’: Report - WhoWhatWhy

Fears AI Will Speed Up Climate Change ‘’Overstated’: Report (Maria) The author writes, “While plenty of fossil fuels will power data centers, a big new report argues that fears about AI speeding up climate change ‘appear overstated.’ Weighing AI’s electricity thirst against ways it can help cut emissions is a wild card in the global energy and carbon future. The International Energy Agency just dropped a detailed analysis of the AI-energy-climat…

Are claims that AI is accelerating climate change 'overstated'?

One concern around artificial intelligence is its voracious appetite for energy. Electricity demand for data centres specialised in AI will quadruple in the next five years, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency. But as for claims that AI is accelerating climate change through carbon emissions, the report calls them "overstated".

AI’s rising energy needs could overwhelm climate efforts without better oversight

By 2030, artificial intelligence is projected to consume more electricity in the U.S. than all major industrial manufacturing sectors combined, prompting warnings over the environmental cost of poorly managed growth.Fiona Harvey reports for The Guardian.In short:A new International Energy Agency (IEA) report finds global electricity use by datacentres — driven primarily by AI — will more than double by 2030, with demand from AI-specific faciliti…