AI Data-Center Boom Will Spur Energy Crisis, Chip CEO Warns
- Ampere Computing looks to address issue with new processors
- Company says chips are less thirsty than those of Intel, AMD
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The surging demand for artificial intelligence computing has a downside, according to chip-industry veteran Renee James: It’s sucking up too much energy to be sustainable.
Many data centers handling AI tasks have already outgrown the amount of power they can get from public utilities, said James, formerly a top executive at Intel Corp. But she sees this looming energy crisis as an opportunity for her current company, Ampere Computing, which makes processors that require less electricity.