[LINK] AI advances limited by electricity supply

[Roger Clarke]

> 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

Given the well-known philosophical outlook that Eric Schmidt brings to 
everything he talks about, how does it rate as news that he wants more 
electricity at any cost?

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On 27/7/2025 09:48, Tom Worthington wrote:
> 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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