Data centers powering artificial intelligence could use more electricity than entire cities
SAT, NOV 23 20247:46 AM EST
KEY POINTS
• Data center campuses power artificial intelligence and cloud computing
• The campuses could grow so large that finding enough power and suitable land to accommodate them becomes increasingly difficult.
• Renewable energy alone won’t be sufficient anytime soon to meet their power needs.
• Natural gas will have to play a role, which will slow progress toward meeting carbon dioxide emissions targets.
The power needs of artificial intelligence and cloud computing are growing so large that individual data center campuses could soon use more electricity than some cities, and even entire U.S. states, according to companies developing the facilities.
The electricity consumption of data centers has exploded along with their increasingly critical role in the economy in the past 10 years, housing servers that power the applications businesses and consumers rely on for daily tasks…
Nvidia is currently seeking/building data centers with a power density of 200KW per rack. Each rack is approximately the side of a standard refrigerator (42-48 rack units). Each rack requires about 12 sq. ft. of space on the floor. Each data center 'room' is typically 10,000 sq. ft.
At these densities - each 'room', of which there could be 10 or 100 (largest DC I've seen is ~1M sq. ft.) would consume ~17 Megawatts.
Hey, people produce energy, don' t they? Maybe they could convert "useless eaters" into banks of battery packs.
Real question, why is the mainstream running non stop AI scare propaganda? When was the last time main stream ran scare propaganda about anything that was actually dangerous for us?
Because I have a feeling musk and Vivek are using some super Tesla AI now to find a way to flush the swamp as efficiently as possible with the most amount of benefits for humanity. I also think AI can track waste and money laundering in the fraction of a second. A pentagon or Fed audit can take milliseconds. It’s gonna be a hell of a year.
I think Q has been using a super AI for a while now, to plan this game theory out, and the Cabal is just now realising it.