Powering AI and Data Center Infrastructure Recommendations July 2024

Powering AI and Data Center Infrastructure Recommendations July 2024 is a part of both the sustainability in HPC and government’s role in AI discussions.

Regarding electricity providers, data center customers, and other large customers that were interviewed:

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Almost uniformly, they recommended accelerating generation and storage additions, delaying retirements, making additional investments in existing resources (e.g., uprating and relicensing of existing nuclear and hydroelectric facilities)¹

On government’s role in AI, the government acknowledges their relative impact:

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Private sector investment far outweighs other funding and there is limited visibility into private sector progress¹

Footnotes

1. Recommendations on Powering Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Infrastructure ↩ ↩²