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AI could account for nearly half of datacentre power usage ‘by end of year’ | Analysis comes as energy agency predicts systems will need as much energy by end of decade as Japan uses today
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. De Vries-Gao’s calculations, to be published in the sustainable energy journal Joule, are based on the power consumed by chips made by Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices that are used to train and operate AI models. The IEA estimates that all data centres – excluding mining for cryptocurrencies – consumed 415 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity last year.
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