Posted 4/11/2024, 11:26:37 AM
AI's Growing Power Appetite Sparks Warnings for US Electric Grid
- Arm CEO Rene Haas warns AI could consume 25% of US power grid by 2030, up from current 4%
- Haas cites report that ChatGPT consumes 10x more electricity per query than Google search
- Industry expects AI power demands to increase 10-fold overall
- US generated 4.24 trillion kWh in 2022, with only 22% from renewables, leaving little room for increase
- Haas hopes new US-Japan AI partnership can improve high power estimates, but corporate greed exists globally