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The Real Cost of Your AI Use: Inside a Power-Hungry Data Center
The Wall Street Journal· 2025-08-06 14:00
Welcome to an AI data center where you can hear >> this is crazy power right now >> and feel >> this can blow dry my hair >> the power >> AI is in there >> by 2028 data centers like this across the country could use 12% of all US electricity enough to power more than 55 million homes for a year and yes you are increasing that energy every time you hit enter on an AI prompt it's routed through places like this. Okay, let's start with tracing this prompt. Create a video of a dancing steak.The moment you hit e ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-04 07:40
No big country is as rich as Britain while using so little energy per head. Revving up GDP growth without more power may be possible, but is uncharted terrain https://t.co/SljKCneWgG ...
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The Economist· 2025-07-28 19:45
As data centres get more energy-hungry, the hyperscalers get more creative https://t.co/X6o0ojmwdS ...
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The Wall Street Journal· 2025-07-19 00:56
We’ve all heard about AI’s insatiable energy appetite, so WSJ columnist Joanna Stern tested it out by grilling some steaks using the equivalent amount of power that it takes AI to generate one video.Read more: https://t.co/oaMVA921iq https://t.co/E00V0seMGa ...
Meeting AI’s Energy Demand
Bloomberg Technology· 2025-07-15 19:21
Do you think that you can accomplish their goals fast enough to keep up with what has been a surge in energy consumption. I think we will. You're right.It's a challenge. I mean, the agenda of President Trump is to unleash American energy. The last four years, the Biden administration was more to shackle American energy.But you're right, there's rapidly rising demand. And what we as the government need to do is enable private businesses to build the things they want to build and invest in, the things they wa ...
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Bloomberg· 2025-07-09 18:36
Regulators in Ohio, a key data center market, ruled that data centers will have to pay for some of their energy requests regardless of whether the electricity ends up being needed https://t.co/5qS95UBCCQ ...
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Bloomberg· 2025-07-08 09:53
India’s electricity demand in the quarter through June declined almost 1.5% from a year earlier, following a cooler summer that reduced the use of energy-intensive air conditioners https://t.co/m0iSWUAYxf ...
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TechCrunch· 2025-07-06 17:45
AI takes a LOT of energy...this is how are companies like OpenAI and Meta are actually powering their giant, expensive AI projects. https://t.co/sdlRQtLdM2 ...
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TechCrunch· 2025-07-04 17:31
AI takes a LOT of energy...this is how are companies like OpenAI and Meta are actually powering their giant, expensive AI projects. https://t.co/NTsso1GJ8L ...
The Hidden Cost of AI, Explained With Steaks and a Data Center Visit | WSJ
The Wall Street Journal· 2025-07-01 14:01
- I'm gonna see the GPU guys. This is it. Welcome to an AI data center where you can hear.This is extremely loud right now. And feel. This can blow dry my hair.The power. The AI's in there. By 2028, data centers like this across the country could use 12% of all US electricity, enough to power more than 55 million homes for a year.And yes, you are increasing that energy. Every time you hit enter on an AI prompt, it's routed through places like this. - You know, we need to do the AI.And we need more than doub ...