Booming AI Demand Threatens Global Electricity Supply
Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 18 Apr 2024
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- 8 Mar 2025, 01:04 pm
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Tech chiefs warn that power-hungry data centres are a bottleneck in developing artificial intelligence. Some of them are looking at developing their own electricity supply.
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The article highlights the growing concerns among tech leaders about the constraints on electricity supply due to the increasing demand from power-intensive data centers necessary for AI development. Industry figures like Elon Musk and Amazon's Andy Jassy have expressed concerns that electricity limitations may hinder the advancement of AI technologies. This issue could potentially impact the global scalability of AI systems, underscoring the need for robust infrastructure to support AI expansion. The article contributes to the discourse on how infrastructural and resource constraints can pose indirect risks to AI development and deployment, although it does not directly address catastrophic AI risks.
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TechnologyAIPrint articleCamilla HodgsonApr 18, 2024 – 3.06pmSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginSan Francisco| Electricity supply is becoming the latest choke point to threaten the growth of artificial intelligence, according to leading tech industry chiefs, as power-hungry data centres add to the strain on grids around the world.Billionaire Elon Musk said this month that while the development of AI had been “chip constrained” last year, the latest bottleneck was “electricity supply”. Those comments followed a warning by Amazon chief Andy Jassy this year that there was “not enough energy right now” to run new generative AI services.Loading...Financial TimesSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreAIElon MuskAmazonAmazon effectMicrosoftNvidiaGoogleUSASingaporeItalyMalaysiaIrelandFetching latest articlesOlympic weightlifting is hard. This boss uses the 1pc rule to get it doneLucy DeanOut-of-control watch price rises give housing a run for its moneyKnow your craft: How the biggest airlines rate at the pointy endJun Bei Liu: How I learnt to speak upSally Patten and Lap PhanThe four actor ‘tricks’ giving executives more confidence‘We’ll fight’: Alex Waislitz on family battles and bad betsA last-chance tote bag and a groovy case for trumpetersEugenie KellyThis machine can bring out the creative streak you never knew you hadThis data-driven wellness retreat is a haven for high-flyersBillionaire Nicola Forrest appoints UBank boss to run family officePrimrose RiordanVictor Smorgon’s star fundie eyes 50pc returns for new fundForrest family powerbroker had alleged role in big Fortescue decisions