Are we going to let data centers take all the power, water, and clean air?
It’s clearly the wild, wild west when it comes to the race to build bigger and faster Artificial Intelligence systems.
The current backbone is built on Nvidia’s GPU architecture, allowing researchers and labs to build more and more sophisticated models that seem to leapfrog each other weekly.
The underlying technology required to achieve this is hundreds of thousands of these GPU cards sprawled across data centers throughout the US, drawing ever-increasing power and natural resources to push this frontier of human imagination.
In our rush towards our promise of a better future, are we laying the groundwork for this generation’s environmental calamity, much like previous generations had asbestos, microplastics, and lead?
Look no further than the SpaceX IPO, marketed as the largest IPO in history with a stunning $1.75 trillion initial valuation!
Buried deep inside, however, lies xAI – the AI company behind Grok. Grok runs from two massive...
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