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The Download: The desert data center boom, and how to measure Earth’s elevations
In the high desert east of Reno, Nevada, construction crews are flattening the golden foothills…
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Three takeaways about AI’s energy use and climate impacts
We found that the same exact query, with the same exact energy demand, will have…
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A new atomic clock in space could help us measure elevations on Earth
To prevent such costly construction errors, in 2015 scientists in the International Association of Geodesy…
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By putting AI into everything, Google wants to make it invisible
Yes, Google’s roster of consumer-facing products is the slickest on offer. The firm is bundling…
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AI could keep us dependent on natural gas for decades to come
The AI data center also promises to transform the state’s energy future. Stretching in length…
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AI’s energy impact is still small—but how we handle it is huge
Innovation in IT got us to this point. Graphics processing units (GPUs) that power the…
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The data center boom in the desert
“In the extreme case, at the end of the century, that’s pretty much all of…
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We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
Part Three: Fuel and emissions Now that we have an estimate of the total energy…
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Everything you need to know about estimating AI’s energy and emissions burden
Despite the fact that billions of dollars are being poured into reshaping energy infrastructure around…
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Can nuclear power really fuel the rise of AI?
These somewhat unlikely partnerships could be a win for both the nuclear power industry and…