It’s the most transparent estimate yet from one of the big AI companies, and a long-awaited peek behind the curtain for researchers
Google’s still not giving us the full picture on AI energy use
Some individual queries use a small amount of electricity, but AI’s energy demand is still a big deal.
Three big things we still don’t know about AI’s energy burden
AI companies are revealing the one number that researchers have long sought. What comes next?
AI is changing the grid. Could it help more than it harms?
Massive data centers are pushing energy demand higher. Some people claim that AI will be a net benefit for the grid.
The data center boom in the desert
Apple, Google, and other tech companies are planning huge AI or cloud storage data centers near Reno, sparking fears of water strains in America’s driest state
AI could keep us dependent on natural gas for decades to come
Electricity demand from AI data centers is driving a surge in new natural-gas power plants around the country. What does that mean for our clean-energy aspirations?
Can nuclear power really fuel the rise of AI?
Tech giants are looking for more energy, but building new reactors takes time.
Four reasons to be optimistic about AI’s energy usage
There are reasons to be concerned about the climate impact of artificial intelligence, but all hope is not lost. He
AI’s energy impact is still small—but how we handle it is huge
The rising energy cost of data centers is a vital test case for how we deal with the broader electrification of the economy.
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