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Nature debuted a new podcast series called 'Cooked?' in which a reporter interviews climate experts about renewables progress, AI's energy demands, and how nations are performing on climate targets. The first episode features Hannah Ritchie, Ketan Joshi and Niklas Höhne discussing whether data support cautious optimism despite record heat, floods and wildfires over the past year.
The International Energy Agency reports that a typical AI data centre can consume as much electricity as 100,000 households annually, with US data-centre server energy use more than tripling from 2014 to 2023 to reach 4.4% of national electricity consumption, a figure expected to double by 2028. Ginelle Greene-Dewasmes, the World Economic Forum's AI and Energy Lead, co-authored a WEF article arguing that applying AI across industries for automation and real-time monitoring could reduce energy consumption by as much as 60%.