Energy and water consumption

Not Enough Water – AI Growth Sparks Water Crisis Fears

A single modern AI GPU consumes up to 3.7 MWh of power per year — GPUs sold last year alone consumed more power than 1.3 million homes. Are we going to run out of electricity to power our data-driven future?

I mention this and people look at me like I’m mad… the energy drain from data centres means that in some areas we are unable to build new houses for lack of energy supply. So we are telling everyone how we need to build 1.5 million new homes yet apparently housing data is more important than housing people! – Charlie Lemmer – WELL AP Faculty BA (Hons)Healthy Homes and Buildings Expert