Artificial intelligence systems could account for nearly half of datacentre power consumption by the end of this year, analysis has revealed.
Analysis comes as energy agency predicts systems will need as much energy by end of decade as Japan uses today
The IEA estimates that all data centres – excluding mining for cryptocurrencies – consumed 415 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity last year. De Vries-Gao argues in his research that AI could already account for 20% of that total.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/22/ai-data-centre-power-consumption
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