AI Surge To Double Data Centre Electricity Demand By 2030: IEA

Source: International Business Times

Big Tech companies have become mega users of power that will increase in the race to adopt artificial intelligence AFP Electricity consumption by data centres will more than double by 2030, driven by artificial intelligence applications that will create new challenges for energy security and CO2 emission goals, the IEA said Thursday. At the same time, AI can unlock opportunities to produce and consume electricity more efficiently, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its first report on the energy implications of AI. Data centres represented about 1.