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

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    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

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    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…

  • The Register: Zuck has the power! Meta applies to sell excess electricity

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/19/meta_wholesale_leccy/ Source: The Register Title: Zuck has the power! Meta applies to sell excess electricity Feedly Summary: With new electricity sources for AI datacenters, the company will have some juice left over AI model training and serving require vast quantities of power, but not necessarily all at once. With the first of several…

  • Slashdot: SoftBank and Open AI’s $500 Billion AI Project Struggles To Get Off Ground

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/21/220229/softbank-and-open-ais-500-billion-ai-project-struggles-to-get-off-ground?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: SoftBank and Open AI’s $500 Billion AI Project Struggles To Get Off Ground Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details significant developments in the $500 billion Stargate AI project involving SoftBank and OpenAI. It highlights the project’s failure to secure data center deals and reduced…

  • Slashdot: Meta’s Massive AI Data Center Is Stressing Out a Louisiana Community

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/24/221211/metas-massive-ai-data-center-is-stressing-out-a-louisiana-community Source: Slashdot Title: Meta’s Massive AI Data Center Is Stressing Out a Louisiana Community Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text reports on Meta’s plans to build a massive 4 million square foot AI data center in Louisiana, highlighting significant implications for local energy infrastructure and potential cost increases…

  • The Register: Oracle’s $40B Nvidia hardware haul may be too hot for OpenAI’s Abilene, Texas DC to handle

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/27/oracle_openai_40b/ Source: The Register Title: Oracle’s $40B Nvidia hardware haul may be too hot for OpenAI’s Abilene, Texas DC to handle Feedly Summary: 400,000 of Nvidia’s GB200 Superchips are gonna need a bit more than 1.2GW of datacenter capacity Oracle will reportedly shell out around $40 billion on Nvidia’s most advanced GPUs to…

  • The Register: AWS says Britain needs more nuclear power to feed AI datacenter surge

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/16/amazon_nuclear_power_britain/ Source: The Register Title: AWS says Britain needs more nuclear power to feed AI datacenter surge Feedly Summary: CEO warns energy demands will overwhelm grid without extra generation capacity The UK needs more nuclear energy generation just to power all the AI datacenters that are going to be built, according to the…

  • Slashdot: Eric Schmidt Apparently Bought Relativity Space To Put Data Centers in Orbit

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    Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/05/02/1839250/eric-schmidt-apparently-bought-relativity-space-to-put-data-centers-in-orbit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Eric Schmidt Apparently Bought Relativity Space To Put Data Centers in Orbit Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Eric Schmidt’s vision for deploying sophisticated computing infrastructure in space through Relativity Space, highlighting the critical energy demands for data centers supporting AI development. This relevance…