Palazzi: AI emissions reduction benefits will far outweigh data center power demands
Titian Palazzi · The achilles heel of AI in the power system: data · Mar 14, 2024 · at 24:45
Snowflake's Titian Palazzi evaluates the net climate and energy impact of artificial intelligence with Stephen Lacey.
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“So I generally think that we should proceed with the technology innovations that we're seeing. And in fact, we may not really have the full control over not doing so. And that the advances that we will get in emission reduction and energy consumption reduction will far outweigh the increased energy consumption of data centers running”
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