Meet the companies using AI to reinvent the energy business | Fortune

The rise of artificial intelligence has created an energy paradox. While tech leaders behind AI tools like ChatGPT say large language models can solve some of the world’s biggest problems, the infrastructure powering the technology may be creating another problem as a result of the environmental impact. AI data centers can consume 20 to 30 times as much energy as their CPU-based predecessors, according to Mark Chung, CEO of energy efficiency monitoring company Verdigris. Some experts predict AI will account for more than 10% of U.S. electricity consumption within five years, fueling fears that unchecked AI compute demand could exponentially accelerate climate damage. But the convergence of AI and energy is also forcing a rethink of the industry’s traditional practices, creating opportunities to mitigate the environmental impact by making the grid, and the data centers it feeds, operate more cleanly and more efficiently than was possible before. “One of the biggest challenges with provi

The rise of artificial intelligence has created an energy paradox. While tech leaders behind AI tools like ChatGPT say large language models can solve some of the world’s biggest problems, the infrastructure powering the technology may be creating another problem as a result of the environmental impact. AI data centers can consume 20 to 30 times as much energy as their CPU-based predecessors, according to Mark Chung, CEO of energy efficiency monitoring company Verdigris. Some experts predict AI will account for more than 10% of U.S. electricity consumption within five years, fueling fears that

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