AXIOS September 27, 2024
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang contends that AI’s benefits for the power grid and society ultimately will offset its massive energy suck.
Why it matters: AI’s rise is fueling fears in the power sector and the climate community about grid reliability and meeting greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets.
Driving the news: The coming growth in electricity use will be offset by the “incredible productivity” that will come from reducing power grid waste, as well as “better energy, better carbon-capture systems, better energy-generating materials,” Huang told a small group of reporters Friday on the sidelines of a Bipartisan Policy Center event in Washington.
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