Large electrical transmission lines run through grass lands to power the newly completed Meta's Facebook data centre in Eagle Mountain, Utah on July 18, 2024. In a scramble to quickly bring more data centres online, US cloud computing giants are now getting directly involved in energy production. And while they are using some renewable energy options and trying to revive nuclear power, they are also turning to fossil fuels like gas, which in the US is relatively cheap. — AFP
NEW YORK: The artificial intelligence industry is scrambling to reduce its massive energy consumption through better cooling systems, more efficient computer chips, and smarter programming – all while AI usage explodes worldwide.
AI depends entirely on data centres, which could consume 3% of the world's electricity by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency. That's double what they use today.
