https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:7270005231009042432

Power demand estimate according to:

He said this: There’s the demand of AI and data centers [in] 2024 … we’ve seen a skyrocketing demand for the electricity specifically, but I would like to maybe take one step back and thank my colleague [at Microsoft], kind of explaining we have 700 million people plus who don’t have energy access [today]. We have climate change that is coming up on us. [It is already here: CarrZee … deep sigh] We’re also expecting by 2050 [that electricity ] demand will double …. Cloud computing consumption of electrons been going over the last decade plus, but the last 18 months, we’ve seen the demand of AI, I will say, creeping quickly and very fast… the expected demand of AI of data center globally by 2026 will hit 1,000 terawatt hours. 1,000 terawatt hours is a huge consumption. Is equivalent to the consumption of Japan … and we are seeing this happening and this is I would say …this is maybe the tip of the iceberg, compared to the discussion I’ve had”

And Nakagawa pushes back on the gloom (she spoke before Al Hammadi).

Small language models are replacing large-lanaguage models.

Nividia says power efficiency has already improved “thousands” of times.

France: AI is also consuming too much water. France is looking for “frugal AI”. France is preparing for +4C of temperature rises and the digital infrastructure may not be able to handle it.

CarrZee: Artificial Intelligence and crypto currencies alongside Donald Trump’s win of the US presidency has all but killed hope for the approx 50% cut in global emissions needed by 2030. It’s terrifying how the pursuit of money and “development” of billionaires is still suffocating protection of climate and nature….and so the most vulnerable people.