Guide: AI is estimated to have accounted for 20% of the electricity consumed by global data centers last year, with a significant increase projected this year—by the end of the year, it is expected to make up 49% of global data center electricity usage.
July 29 news: According to foreign media reports, driven by heavy investments from major manufacturers, large models and generative AI tools, which have been booming in recent years, are becoming increasingly powerful, with expanding application scopes and a growing number of users.
However, the vigorous development of generative AI is accompanied by a surge in electricity consumption. As more data centers are built to train large language models and maintain the operation of applications, these data centers consume massive amounts of electricity.
Regarding AI-related power consumption, foreign media previously reported that researchers, in a published paper, estimated that AI accounted for approximately 20% of the electricity consumed by global data centers last year. A significant increase is anticipated this year, with AI projected to account for 49% of global data center electricity usage by the end of the year.
In the latest reports, foreign media cited an executive from a market research institution who predicted that the power consumption of AI data centers will double every 3 to 4 years in the future, and power supply will become a problem that some countries need to address.
The executive also noted that the sharp increase in power demand from AI data centers stems from two factors: first, the power demand for training AI models will double within 5 to 6 months; second, there has been a surge in user numbers. (Hailan)
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