Artificial intelligence may seem invisible to most people, but the computers that run AI are housed in data warehouses like this one, and require a lot of electricity.
Big Tech companies are investing in nuclear energy to meet the demands of generative artificial intelligence. But AI and climate change researcher Sasha Luccioni says it's actually the carbon footprint of AI that needs a closer look. Big tech companies are scrambling to secure nuclear energy deals worth billions of dollars in order to meet the growing demands of generative artificial intelligence — but critics say they need to rethink that and slow down.
Companies are racing toward nuclear because they are using exponentially more power now, due to the upsurge of generative AI use. Both"This year they're like, "Oh, oops — AI caught us by surprise," she said. "They're trying to stick that into anything that moves, anything that a customer can interact with," Luccioni said of the big tech companies.
"There is going to be a couple of years when the demand is going to be outstripping any kind of renewable energy supply," Luccioni said.in Nevada to power its nearby data centres. And Amazon recently became the world's top corporate buyer of solar and wind energy. Wind and solar energy, comparatively, need to be backed up with energy storage batteries and that will add to the cost and land usage associated with that power generation, Buongiorno said.
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