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July 5, 2024 16 mins
A fronte del grande ruolo che, come abbiamo visto nella puntata 4, sta già avendo nell’ambito della transizione energetica, le AI sono estremamente energivore. Hanno cioè bisogno di molta energia per funzionare e, soprattutto, allenarsi, imparare e crescere. Non solo: le intelligenze artificiali hanno anche bisogno di grandi quantità di acqua, e ne servirà sempre di più, per raffreddare i data center dove passano tutti i dati. Ecco perché sono stati avviati progetti per renderle più efficienti energeticamente.    

FONTI  

Sull’aumento dei consumi dei data center:
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-dcmec/datacentresmeteredelectricityconsumption2022/
https://cms.eirgrid.ie/sites/default/files/publications/EirGrid_SONI_Ireland_Capacity_Outlook_2022-2031.pdf
https://ens.dk/sites/ens.dk/files/Basisfremskrivning/kf23_hovedrapport.pdf
https://www.iea.org/energy-system/buildings/data-centres-and-data-transmission-networks#overview  

Sul consumo di energia per le IA e per la gestione dei dati:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2211.02001 https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=97&t=3
https://www.iea.org/commentaries/the-carbon-footprint-of-streaming-video-fact-checking-the-headlines
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.16863
https://www.cell.com/joule/abstract/S2542-4351(23)00365-3?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2542435123003653%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.02243
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2204/2204.05149.pdf  

Sul consumo di acqua da parte delle AI:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/03/ai-water-climate-microsoft/677602/?gift=iWa_iB9lkw4UuiWbIbrWGSgF7Etgr_BhmgDCCZVB-xA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share  

Sui progetti avviati per migliorare l’efficienza delle AI:
https://www.ironmountain.com/about-us/sustainability
https://blogs.micros

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