Forbes January 24, 2025
The Stargate Project has been making waves with its promise of a $500 billion investment to supercharge America’s AI capabilities. On the surface, it’s a forward-looking plan to cement global leadership in artificial intelligence.
But in the race to celebrate this monumental funding, we should not sideline the staggering energy cost of powering AI. By 2028, data centers are expected to consume as much as 12% of the country’s total electricity. This is more than double their share today. Ambitious projects like Stargate could reshape the nation’s energy consumption and environmental footprint. As we are faced with increasingly frequent extreme weather and natural disasters, managing the environmental impact of data centers should take priority.
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