Posted 4/9/2024, 7:00:00 PM
AI's Soaring Energy Appetite: Datacenters Could Gobble 25% of US Electricity by 2030
- Arm CEO predicts AI datacenters could use 25% of US electricity by 2030, up from 4% currently
- Rapid growth is due to large power-hungry AI models like ChatGPT
- International Energy Agency also forecasts 10x growth in AI datacenter power draw globally
- One ChatGPT request uses 10x more power than a Google search
- Possible solutions include improving efficiency and increasing renewable energy capacity, but growth in demand could outpace these efforts