Power Consumption from AI, and Blockchain. Implications on the future of Data Centers

1. Power Hungry Processing: Watts Driving the Cost of AI Deployment? https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.16863
   This shows that 2.9 KWHs with a 3.31 KW standard deviation are required for one Gen AI image generation.
   

2. Goldman Sachs: How much power will AI use?  It will be stoked partly by electrification and industrial re-shoring but also by AI. Data centers will use 8% of US power by 2030, compared with 3% in 2022.May 14, 2024
   https://www.goldmansachs.com/intelligence/pages/AI-poised-to-drive-160-increase-in-power-demand.html
   

3. Sidhu, AI Power Consumption, LinkedIn article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-next-global-sustainability-challenge-solution-ikhlaq-sidhu-9ogef/?trackingId=ufXtFNxLQTCIVlkWf83MYA%3D%3D
   (The prior post is here): 
   

4. The Data Center Market size is estimated to reach $418 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 9.6% from 2023 to 2030. According to USITC, as of 2022, there are approximately 8000 physical data centers present across the globe. https://www.industryarc.com/Report/19401/data-center-market.html

5. Sidhu, AI & Sustainability, Catalyst Series Tech Brief, August 2024

6. Ariel Cohen, AI Is Pushing The World Toward An Energy Crisis, Forbes, May 2024

7. Platt, The Unbelievable Zombie Comeback of Analog Computing, Wired, March 30, 2023

8. Sidhu, “Is the Future of AI Analog,” Catalyst Tech Brief, 2024 (LinkedIn, TechBrief)

9. Sidhu, Power Grids and AI, Catalyst Tech Brief, 2024

10. Ghose, Reducing AI’s Climate Impact: Everything You Always Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask, https://scet.berkeley.edu/reducing-ais-climate-impact-everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-but-were-afraid-to-ask/