CNBC October 29, 2024
Key Points
– The growth in demand for AI could come at a cost to Europe’s decarbonization goals as the specialized chips used by firms like Nvidia are expected to result in a rise in energy use of already power-hungry data centers.
– High-powered AI chips require extremely dense computing power and produce more heat which ultimately requires colder water to still be able to support reliable cooling of the chips.
– Michael Winterson, chair of the European Data Center Association (EUDCA), warned lowering water temperatures in data centers will eventually “fundamentally drive us back to an unsustainable situation that we were in 25 years ago.”
The boom in artificial intelligence is ushering in an environmentally conscious shift in how...
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