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Efforts underway to address rising energy needs linked to data centers, AI
13 Jan 2025
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Researchers and industry are working to address the challenge of rising energy needs linked to AI and data centers amid concerns around environmental impacts and strain on the energy grid.
UW-Madison’s Wisconsin Energy Institute recently hosted a discussion on this topic, which highlighted the soaring energy requirements linked to increased reliance on artificial intelligence. Machine learning is being used to analyze the avalanche of data being created every day, and Prof. Matt Sinclair said a “massive amount” of computing is needed to handle this task.
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