Data centers are draining more electricity from global power grids than ever before because of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) and general AI processing needs.Ā The compute capacity to train large language models, the platforms on which generative AI (gen) and AI run, is now roughly doubling every nine months, according to Epoch AI, an AI research institute. TheĀ International Energy Agency forecastĀ that global data center electricity demand will more than double from 2022 to 2026, in large part because of AI and cryptocurrency.
Source: ComputerWorld