Tag: energy consumption

  • Slashdot: Hugging Face Researchers Warn AI-Generated Video Consumes Much More Power Than Expected

    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/09/27/0249201/hugging-face-researchers-warn-ai-generated-video-consumes-much-more-power-than-expected?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Hugging Face Researchers Warn AI-Generated Video Consumes Much More Power Than Expected Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The findings from researchers at Hugging Face reveal that generative AI tools for text-to-video production have a significantly larger carbon footprint than expected. The study highlights a non-linear increase…

  • The Register: DARPA amps up effort to make AI power-conscious

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/25/dapra_ai_power_conscious/ Source: The Register Title: DARPA amps up effort to make AI power-conscious Feedly Summary: New research program seeks ‘energy-aware’ ML that balances performance with power draw It’s notoriously difficult to consistently measure the energy usage of AI models, but DARPA wants to put an end to that uncertainty with new “energy-aware" machine…

  • Cloud Blog: Our approach to carbon-aware data centers: Central data center fleet management

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/sustainability/googles-approach-to-carbon-aware-data-center/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Our approach to carbon-aware data centers: Central data center fleet management Feedly Summary: Data centers are the engines of the cloud, processing and storing the information that powers our daily lives. As digital services grow, so do our data centers and we are working to responsibly manage them.…

  • The Register: Nvidia’s context-optimized Rubin CPX GPUs were inevitable

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/10/nvidia_rubin_cpx/ Source: The Register Title: Nvidia’s context-optimized Rubin CPX GPUs were inevitable Feedly Summary: Why strap pricey, power-hungry HBM to a job that doesn’t benefit from the bandwidth? Analysis Nvidia on Tuesday unveiled the Rubin CPX, a GPU designed specifically to accelerate extremely long-context AI workflows like those seen in code assistants such…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft’s Analog Optical Computer Shows AI Promise

    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/09/08/0125250/microsofts-analog-optical-computer-shows-ai-promise?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft’s Analog Optical Computer Shows AI Promise Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a project by Microsoft Research involving an analog optical computer (AOC) designed for AI workloads, significantly enhancing computation speed and energy efficiency compared to traditional GPUs. The initiative offers opportunities for…

  • The Register: Broadcom’s Jericho4 ASICs just opened the door to multi-datacenter AI training

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/06/broadcom_jericho_4/ Source: The Register Title: Broadcom’s Jericho4 ASICs just opened the door to multi-datacenter AI training Feedly Summary: Forget building massive super clusters. Cobble them together from existing datacenters instead Broadcom on Monday unveiled a new switch which could allow AI model developers to train models on GPUs spread across multiple datacenters up…

  • Slashdot: Google Agrees To Pause AI Workloads To Protect the Grid When Power Demand Spikes

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/05/0144232/google-agrees-to-pause-ai-workloads-to-protect-the-grid-when-power-demand-spikes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Agrees To Pause AI Workloads To Protect the Grid When Power Demand Spikes Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google has announced a pause on non-essential AI workloads to safeguard power grids in response to expected high energy demands due to extreme weather conditions. This proactive…