Google Just Bet 396 MW on Geothermal to Power Its AI
The AI Boom Has an Electricity Problem. Could the Answer Be Underground?
Every time someone consults the internet or saves information in the cloud, the electricity is supplying power to the whole process.
The power consumption of one single query of an AI is quite low, but if those activities are repeated by countless users on different devices running various models and thousands of servers working 24/7 at the data centers, then the cumulative effect is huge.
Electricity needs turn out to be significant.
The Energy and AI report from the International Energy Agency forecasts a possible rise in global use of electricity by data centers to nearly 945 terawatt-hours. AI plays a crucial role in such forecast expansion of energy use.
For the energy sector this poses a challenge,
And what is the source of all that electricity?
Solar and Wind will remain crucial as sources of energy...
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