Tag: greenhouse gas emissions
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AlgorithmWatch: Fighting the Power Deficiency: The AI Energy Crisis
Source URL: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/explainer-ai-energy-consumption/ Source: AlgorithmWatch Title: Fighting the Power Deficiency: The AI Energy Crisis Feedly Summary: Is AI contributing to solving the climate crisis or to making it worse? Either way, the increase in AI applications goes hand in hand with the need for additional data centers, for which energy resources are currently lacking. AI…
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The Register: Looming energy crunch makes future uncertain for datacenters
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/06/energy_crunch_datacenters/ Source: The Register Title: Looming energy crunch makes future uncertain for datacenters Feedly Summary: But investors still betting big on bit barns thanks to AI and cloud demand Datacenter operators are facing a paradoxical crisis – demand for their services is greater than ever before, just as access to power, environmental concerns,…
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The Register: AI spending spree continues as Microsoft commits $80B for 2025
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/06/ai_spending_spree_continues_as/ Source: The Register Title: AI spending spree continues as Microsoft commits $80B for 2025 Feedly Summary: With those whopping returns who could argue with the premis… oh wait The AI datacenter spending splurge looks likely to continue in 2025, with Microsoft alone saying it will invest $80 billion this year on building…
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AlgorithmWatch: A Year of Challenging Choices – 2024 in review
Source URL: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/a-year-of-challenging-choices-2024-in-review/ Source: AlgorithmWatch Title: A Year of Challenging Choices – 2024 in review Feedly Summary: 2024 was a “super election" year and it marked the rise of generative Artificial Intelligence. With the adoption of the AI Act, it seemed poised to be the moment we finally gained control over automated systems. Yet, that…
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The Register: AI’s power trip will leave energy grids begging for mercy by 2027
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/13/datacenter_energy_consumption/ Source: The Register Title: AI’s power trip will leave energy grids begging for mercy by 2027 Feedly Summary: Datacenter demand estimated to inflate by 160% over next two years AI-driven datacenter energy demand could expand 160 percent over the next two years, leaving 40 percent of existing facilities operationally constrained by power…
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The Register: Datacenter developer says power issues holding up new builds
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/datacenter_developer_says_power_issues/ Source: The Register Title: Datacenter developer says power issues holding up new builds Feedly Summary: ‘The single biggest constraint is access,’ says exec looking to invest ‘hundreds of millions’ One of the UK’s major commercial property developers says it would be pumping investment into new datacenters if it could just secure the…
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Hacker News: AI engineers claim new algorithm reduces AI power consumption by 95%
Source URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-engineers-build-new-algorithm-for-ai-processing-replace-complex-floating-point-multiplication-with-integer-addition Source: Hacker News Title: AI engineers claim new algorithm reduces AI power consumption by 95% Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a novel AI processing technique developed by BitEnergy AI that significantly reduces power consumption, potentially by up to 95%. This advancement could change the landscape…