It has been previously reported that AI & Data Centres use very high amounts of power- & this trend will only increase.
This bloomberg 25.1.24 report actually says, that in parts of the USA, more coal- fired power will be required.
S Kishan & J. Saul said"In a 30-square-mile patch of northern Virginia that’s been dubbed “data center alley,” the boom in artificial intelligence is turbocharging electricity use. Struggling to keep up, the power company that serves the area temporarily paused new data center connections at one point in 2022. Virginia’s environmental regulators considered a plan to allow data centers to run diesel generators during power shortages, but backed off after it drew strong community opposition.
In the Kansas City area, a data center along with a factory for electric-vehicle batteries that are under construction will need so much energy the local provider put off plans to close a coal-fired power plant".
AI Needs So Much Power That Old Coal Plants Are Sticking Around - Bloomberg
Can anyone open the full article, & reproduce here please?
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