AI Power Use v.s. Countries

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I don't understand how it all works really, but I do know a lot about how cooling works. Is &quot;AI&quot; as it is right now a brute force

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Anthropic just released economic index data to understand AI's effects on the economy. And here is their Global Usage Index.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Data center power demand is expected to grow +220% from 2023 levels, or +905 TWh, to a record 1,350 TWh by 2030, according to Goldman Sachs. This

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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>AI data centers need power that never goes off. Solar and wind can't guarantee that. Nuclear, natural gas, and hydro can.</p> <p>One AI query

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>According to ChatGPT:</p> <p>If all the money currently being poured into AI were converted into $1 bills and literally burned for energy, it

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>A massive <strong>hyperscale data center project</strong> in rural <strong>Box Elder County, Utah</strong>, led by Shark Tank investor Kevin