AI's Environmental Footprint Concerns

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In this episode of DX Today, we dive into the physical consequences of the generative AI revolution as it transitions from a software phenomenon into a massive industrial machine. By 2025, the narrative around artificial intelligence has shifted from model capability to the staggering reality of its resource consumption, with data centers now projected to consume up to twelve percent of the total United States electricity supply by 2030. We examine the pivotal shift from training costs to inference costs, revealing that the act of simply using these models now accounts for up to ninety...