AI could use between 312.5 and 764.6 billion liters of water this year, according to de Vries-Gao. That reaches even higher than a previous study conducted in 2023 that estimates that water use could ...

The move comes as rising electricity rates became an increasingly hot-button issue in the US, which has far more data centers ...

The world’s electricity consumption is forecast to rise at its fastest pace in recent years, with a large chunk of the demand coming from China and the US. However, the forecast for Europe is a lot ...

US households have seen their electricity costs rise over the past year, with many blaming the energy demands of AI.

Three Democrats are seeking information from tech firms about the growing energy use of data centers and the utility bills of ...

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Big Tech is spending tens of billions quarterly on AI accelerators, which has led to an exponential increase in power consumption. Over the past few months, multiple forecasts and data points reveal ...

The power consumption of the top 30 domestic companies, including Samsung Electronics, last year was similar to the previous year, but electricity bills surged by nearly 2 trillion won. This is the ...