There are more than 8,000 data centers worldwide, but this is not enough to handle the energy needs of generative AI. A ChatGPT query takes about 10 times more energy than a simple Google search. Training a large language model can produce as much CO2 as the lifetime of five gas-powered cars and use as much water as a small country. Even if we generate enough power, our aging grid is increasingly unable to deliver it to where it is needed. That’s why data center companies like Vantage are building closer to where power is generated, as the industry invests in alternative energy and creative ways to strengthen the grid. Chapters: 1:58 Chasing Power 6:06 Hardening the Grid 8:45 Keeping it cool 11:56 More work per watt Produced and filmed by: Katie Tarasov Edited by: Evan Lee Miller Supervising Producer: Jeniece Pettitt Animation: Christina Locopo, Jason Reginato, Emily Rabbideau Additional Camera: Andrew Evers Production Support: Lisa…

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  2. Just make them in Norway and Canada etc. Places who do not lack water.

    Building Europes biggest datacenter near me now in Norway. We have abundant power and so much water. Perfect place for data centers, compared to the "desert"

  3. That amount of power is really insignificant when you compare it to the value it brings. 5 cars to teach a large language model lol. Whats more important, 5 hillbillies driving a car around doing nothing of use, or training the collective knowledge of the entire human species into a format that any human can read and understand?

  4. We have plenty of water on the earth 🌎 , if we convert the ocean water into fresh water , then AI models can run efficiently and solve future problems ! It will also benefit the water-lacked countries.
    So focus should be to develop the technology to convert the salt water into fresh water .

  5. One bit of AI uses more weight than 2 elephants and a squierrl. Their comparisons dont make sense if we dont know the thing theyre compating. How big is Denmark? Idk but it uses the same as 4 Denmarks

  6. 7:58 This guy is the ceo of an "end to end solution optimizing" company doing press calls for 3.5mill sub channel, but couldn't get half decent mic for the interview. If you 10x'd $10 it wouldn't sound like your on a dial up connection. C'mon Rahul

  7. I wonder what story they make about AI considering they loved to complain about crypto doing the same thing or is creating will smith eating a spaghetti more important?

  8. 14:00 – Another false statement.
    "Huge energy savings for each query ran locally on device versus cloud"

    NO! Servers are more efficient than local devices; the energy consumption is just shifted to residential usage rather than Data Center usage.

  9. 9:55 – Braindead take. AI is causing water withdraw? LMAO come on.

    First, they do not use water for cooling. Second, even if they did they can cycle the water to heat/cool.

  10. Oh no, fossil fuels and a few million windmills and solar panels can't save you anymore. What's that? Gratitude for creating an oil monopoly instead of going electric and harnessing zero-point energy or the free electricity that Tesla discovered and invented? If only you had chosen those paths from the start instead of giving in to greed and money. What's wrong? Can't your fossil fuel monopoly satisfy your greed anymore? It's almost like it's built on the same flawed principles as money and monopolies.

  11. Just seems we need more power generation 🤷‍♂️. Heck maybe this is time to setup huge solar and wind farms everywhere along with nuclear and molten sodium batteries as backup.

  12. Little pucks that measure temperature of the mineral oil cooling XMFR cores is not the answer for the US.

    The US has a massive transmission issue. We can’t move power from where it is generated to where it is needed efficiently. The average transmission project takes a decade because of how much paper pushing and red tape is involved.

    We also need to build more nuclear plants. We don’t have enough reasonable space for big hydro projects, and wind/solar really sucks for the power grid. If we want clean generation, nuclear is absolutely the way to go. The ONLY thing bottlenecking nuclear is politics. We have to change our priorities.

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