Wednesday, May 21, 2025

How Much Energy Will AI Really Use ???

MIT Technology Review just published calculations of how much energy AI is likely to use. You can find their results here [may be behind a paywall]:

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/

Hint: It's a lot !!!

By the way, notice how no one else is talking about where the money is coming from to build and operate all the AI/data centers. Clearly lots of money will be made and will be spent, but since the service is (mostly) "free" to us, the data we "provide" to the AI/data center owner/operators must be worth a bundle.

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