Data centers consume around 1.5% of global electricity, but demand is very geographically concentrated. Few — if any — technologies have been adopted as quickly as artificial intelligence (AI). Since that computation runs on electricity, discussions around AI often return to what this means for energy demand…
Source: Our World in Data – A project of Global Change Data Lab
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