Posted 4/16/2024, 9:36:00 AM
AI's Soaring Energy Appetite Looms as Massive Power Drain
- AI's huge demand for electricity could consume 25% of all power in the U.S. by 2030, according to an Arm Holdings executive
- Generative AI models like GPT-4 and Sora require tens of thousands of compute clusters, consuming massive amounts of energy
- Data centers currently take 2% of global electricity, but AI going mainstream threatens to strain grids
- More powerful AI tools will drive further growth in compute needs and energy consumption
- Arm aims to develop energy-efficient AI chips, having optimized processors for mobile devices