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1. Re: AI advances limited by electricity supply (Tom Worthington)
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Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 09:48:23 +1000
From: Tom Worthington <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: [LINK] AI advances limited by electricity supply
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On 7/25/25 16:01, Antony Barry wrote:
> https://qz.com/eric-schmidt-ai-limit-chips-electricity?lctg=1980929&utm_source=digitaltrends&utm_medium=email&utm_content=subscriber_id:1980929&utm_campaign=DTDaily20250721
Start clearing Crete. ;-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project
More seriously, data centers could use off peak power, moving the power
consumption around the world to wherever the wind is blowing or sun shining.
The large estimates for data center water consumption assume the use of
coal fired power cooled by water evaporation. If renewable energy, or
event thermal using river or sea water for cooling, then there is not
much water use. Also a data center can use closed cycle cooling, or
water harvested from sewers.
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Tom Worthington http://www.tomw.net.au
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