Global Power Consumption
topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes
2 statements about Global Power Consumption, every show
Horowitz: Unconstrained AI would consume over 10% of global power
“If we had unlimited chips the AI power consumption would be like over 10% of global power consumption, I think is pretty clear just on AI”
Kann: Data centers consume over 1% of global electricity
“We do consume over what data centers represent, like over one percent of global power consumption now, and growing, but not growing that much because energy efficiency of classical compute and of data centers Has been improving pretty rapidly.”