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Silicon Valley’s rush to build more data centers could increase U.S. gas demand by as much as New York or California within 10 years, but much of this growth will be driven by artificial intelligence. This is due to the energy costs of training and using the equipment.
“If the world wants everything [AI] By 2030, workloads will be powered solely by sustainable electricity from currently available technologies, which will require increased AI efforts.” Aneesh Prabhu and colleagues at financial intelligence firm S&P Global…
Source: www.newscientist.com