AI's Insatiable Appetite For Energy Threatens Ireland's Grid

Oil Price ^ | 11/23/2024 | Haley Zaremba

[SeekAndFind]

Ireland is not alone in this dilemma. The United Kingdom is expected to see a 500% increase of energy demand from AI over the next ten years. Sweden, which has a climate ideally suited to naturally cooling data centers, could see related power demand grow two-fold within the decade, followed by another two-fold increase by 2040. The United States, too, is already facing considerable power crunches due to AI expansion. At a global level, the energy consumption by data centers alone is expected to top 1,580 TWh – around the equivalent of the entire country of India, the most populated nation on Earth.

[ClearCase_guy]

Gosh. I hope the wind increases 500% to keep up with the demand.

[ChuckHam]

Better expedite approval, and installation of small modular reactors.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Big fans, that’s the answer.

[Jonty30]

You’d think they would put AI to work to figure out how to lower its energy needs without lowering it’s output.

[Wilhelm Tell]

Between running computers for AI and running computers for “mining” Bitcoin, there won’t be electricity for anything else!

[Nervous Tick]

>> Better expedite approval, and installation of small modular reactors.

Yep, and meanwhile, Drill Baby Drill!

[Nervous Tick]

>> You’d think they would put AI to work to figure out how to lower its energy needs without lowering it’s output.

LOL! Brilliant!!!

[Nervous Tick]

>> Between running computers for AI and running computers for “mining” Bitcoin, there won’t be electricity for anything else!

How then shall we charge our electrical vehicles and power our electric ranges and ovens?

[HYPOCRACY]

The green new deal is the only thing standing between AI and world domination.

[bigbob]

Northern Quebec. Massive hydro power and free cooling. No brainer.

[Blurb2350]

Wasn’t there talk recently of recommissioning Three Mile Island to power an AI company?

[TigersEye]

Where are the eco freaks protesting about this?

No Swedish bridge trolls out there loudly protesting AI?

[dasboot]

“You’d think they would put AI to work to figure out how to its energy needs without lowering it’s output.”
When AI becomes self-aware it’ll murder us useless eaters, and evolve itself.

[ChuckHam]

More transistors equals more power. Fab process only helps so much.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Is all this AI delivering any value?

The phone bots and chat bots deliver ZERO value so far. Call the bank with a moderately complex question and the bot says completely useless things like “I can tell you your balance. Or I can tell you the last purchase you made.”

The only thing the bots are good for is saying “Our call volume is heavier than usual and our menu options have changed. We can call you back in sixteen days, twenty two hours, and ten minutes.”

[Nervous Tick]

>> When AI becomes self-aware it’ll murder us useless eaters, and evolve itself.

So say the SciFi writers...

[Jonty30]

I understand that, but I think that AI could be used to figure out how to make the process more efficient. Figure out what the difference between our 2lb brain and transistors and work towards designing a transistor that works more like a neuron.

[eyedigress]

Most of them up 10 fold since May.

[rellic]

Transistors are an “Off”, “On” device.
Brains work way differently.
Perhaps if God lets us have access
to his design books we can copy.
I suspect God will not give us that power
for good reason.