311 Futures Community | Affordable and Clean Energy | Activity https://www.311.community/groups/affordable-and-clean-energy/ Activity feed for the group, Affordable and Clean Energy. Thu, 04 Sep 2025 10:17:32 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.10.0 en 30 hourly 2 868cb85a8ec549eeed8024cdfbb35898 Matthew Griffin started the discussion AI energy consumption to 3x by 2030, IEA in the forum Affordable and Clean Energy https://www.311.community/groups/affordable-and-clean-energy/forum/discussion/ai-energy-consumption-to-3x-by-2030-iea/ Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:13:48 +0000 AI energy consumption to 3x by 2030, IEA

Some of the largest AI models, such as those from Google, are now using more energy to run than entire countries – solutions are urgently needed today to avoid a huge increase in CO2 emmissions by 2030 which the IEA says could triple at current rates.

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Google's AI alone might be using more energy than all of Ireland

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Training and running giant AI models like GPT4 and BARD use huge amounts of energy, and it's all starting to add up.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with … Continue reading

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The Annual Ultimate Trends and Foresight Codex – 311 Institute

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