AI & Environment Resource HubKleinman Center for Energy Policy · 2024-09-24
Nvidia’s director of accelerated computing, and a Penn expert in AI and datacenters, explain why AI uses so much energy, and how its energy appetite might be curbed.
Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. 2024-09-24. Why AI Consumes So Much Energy and What Might Be Done About It. https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/commentary/podcast/why-ai-consumes-so-much-energy-and-what-might-be-done-about-it/ (AI & Environment Resource Hub; record pod-0004; collection snapshot 2026-09-15).
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