AI Chips Face Increasing Scrutiny Over Energy Consumption
Author: Mary King
Experts have recently cautioned that AI chips face similar scrutiny to Bitcoin mining in terms of its electricity consumption. Data from finance expert Duncan Simmons has revealed that Nvidia GPUs are projected to consume more energy than the US data center capacity expansions over the next decade. This is very similar to the criticism that Bitcoin mining has faced over the years. Furthermore, some experts have noted that the unregulated open-source nature of AI models can make it difficult for a centralized authority to control and regulate them. Finally, Bitcoin miners have started transitioning to the high-performance computing and AI market due to their experience with large-scale and power-hungry operations.