Yes but data center growth prior to AI was manageable. There isn’t a grid on the planet (except maybe china?) which can support the growth of AI data centers.
These people have to plan energy needs on a 10-20 year life cycle, not 2. It’s the 2 that’s the problem.
Yes but data center growth prior to AI was manageable. There isn’t a grid on the planet (except maybe china?) which can support the growth of AI data centers.
These people have to plan energy needs on a 10-20 year life cycle, not 2. It’s the 2 that’s the problem.
The bitcoin miners have hopefully dropped off because they were chewing up gobs of energy too.
china is also building lots of coal plants to sustain the datacenters.