Tag: environmental
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Slashdot: AI Could Consume More Power Than Bitcoin By the End of 2025
Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/05/31/0049238/ai-could-consume-more-power-than-bitcoin-by-the-end-of-2025?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Could Consume More Power Than Bitcoin By the End of 2025 Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The increasing energy consumption of artificial intelligence (AI) could surpass that of Bitcoin mining, posing significant environmental concerns as AI’s demand on electrical resources grows. Research indicates that by…
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Scott Logic: Bridging the AI Valley of Doubt
Source URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2025/05/23/bridging-the-AI-valley-of-doubt.html Source: Scott Logic Title: Bridging the AI Valley of Doubt Feedly Summary: Despite the UK being the world’s third-largest AI industry, only 1 in 6 UK firms are actively using AI due to financial, skills, and risk concerns, but businesses can bridge this “valley of doubt" by adopting measured "AI in the…
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The Register: Oracle’s $40B Nvidia hardware haul may be too hot for OpenAI’s Abilene, Texas DC to handle
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…
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Slashdot: Pakistan Allocates 2,000 Megawatts of Electricity To Bitcoin Mining, AI Data Centres
Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/26/1549251/pakistan-allocates-2000-megawatts-of-electricity-to-bitcoin-mining-ai-data-centres?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Pakistan Allocates 2,000 Megawatts of Electricity To Bitcoin Mining, AI Data Centres Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Pakistan’s initiative to allocate 2,000 MW of electricity for bitcoin mining and AI data centers marks a significant step in leveraging surplus energy for these technologies. This move can…
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The Register: Microsoft-backed AI out-forecasts hurricane experts without crunching the physics
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/21/earth_system_model_hurricane_forecast/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft-backed AI out-forecasts hurricane experts without crunching the physics Feedly Summary: LLM trained on decades of weather data claimed to be faster, and cheaper Scientists have developed a machine learning model that can outperform official agencies at predicting tropical cyclone tracks, and do it faster and cheaper than…
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Slashdot: AI Set To Consume Electricity Equivalent To 22% of US Homes By 2028, New Analysis Says
Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/05/21/1844241/ai-set-to-consume-electricity-equivalent-to-22-of-us-homes-by-2028-new-analysis-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Set To Consume Electricity Equivalent To 22% of US Homes By 2028, New Analysis Says Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the rapidly increasing energy demands associated with AI, particularly focusing on its significant impact on electricity consumption in the U.S. data centers.…