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AI supercharges data center energy use – straining the grid and slowing sustainability efforts

  • Written by Ayse Coskun, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University
AI supercharges data center energy use – straining the grid and slowing sustainability effortsA data center in Ashburn, Va., the heart of so-called Data Center Alley.AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey

The artificial intelligence boom has had such a profound effect on big tech companies that their energy consumption, and with it their carbon emissions, have surged.

The spectacular success of large language models such as ChatGPT has helped fuel this...

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