Enterprises In For A Shock When They Realize Power And Cooling Demands Of AI
The Register, Wednesday, January 15th, 2025
Energy consumption set to become a key performance indicator by 2027
Most businesses rushing to adopt AI are unprepared for the energy demands it'll place on their infrastructure, and few have a handle on the power consumption of AI systems or the implications for their datacenters.
Research commissioned by AI chip biz SambaNova found that 72 percent of corporate leaders are aware AI models have huge energy requirements, and many are concerned about this, yet only 13 percent monitor the power consumption of the AI systems they have deployed.