Don’t cars account for 30% of total energy consumption, and 70% of petroleum? Not defending AI here, the last thing we need is another unchecked, massive, resource hog.
Arm CEO Rene Haas cautions that if AI continues to get more powerful without boosts in power efficiency, datacenters could consume extreme amounts of electricity.
Haas estimates that while US power consumption by AI datacenters sits at a modest four percent, he expects the industry to trend towards 20 to 25 percent usage of the US power grid by 2030, per a report from the Wall Street Journal.
Projected to consume 25% of total domestic energy production by the time the build out is done
Don’t cars account for 30% of total energy consumption, and 70% of petroleum? Not defending AI here, the last thing we need is another unchecked, massive, resource hog.
Transportation does. But that includes planes, trains, and boats, not just cars.
I’ve seen the argument that AI will reduce travel demand. But I’ve also seen AI guys lobby aggressively to end Work From Home.
where you get this number?
Arm CEO Rene Haas cautions that if AI continues to get more powerful without boosts in power efficiency, datacenters could consume extreme amounts of electricity.
Haas estimates that while US power consumption by AI datacenters sits at a modest four percent, he expects the industry to trend towards 20 to 25 percent usage of the US power grid by 2030, per a report from the Wall Street Journal.