I came across information that the original quote in Futurism which said 99% electricity use was incorrect.
https://futurism.com/google-ceo-congress-electricity-ai-superintelligence
The transcript says “3% to 9%”.
https://www.techpolicy.press/transcript-us-lawmakers-probe-ais-role-in-energy-and-climate/
The larger point remains, though. AI and data center energy and water use is surging, and we are only at the beginning of this whole thing. For years, data centers energy use stayed below 1% and we were told not to worry. In countries like Ireland, data center energy use is now already over 20%
my #build #container framework:
sudo unshare \
--fork \
--mount \
--uts \
sh -c "
mkdir -p $ROOTFS/proc
mkdir -p $ROOTFS/sys
mkdir -p $ROOTFS/dev
mount -t sysfs /sys $ROOTFS/sys
mount -t proc /proc $ROOTFS/proc
mount --rbind /dev $ROOTFS/dev
hostname $MACHINE
su $USER
export PUAVO_CACHE_PROXY=$PUAVO_CACHE_PROXY
sudo unshare --root $ROOTFS $CMDLINE
"