Leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft met at the White House on September 12 to discuss building a robust energy infrastructure for AI and the need for high-performance computing.
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei argue that the current US energy infrastructure is not meeting the massive demands of the growing AI industry.
- Goldman Sachs predicts that data center energy demand will increase by 160% by 2030 thanks to AI.
- Building an energy infrastructure for AI will create jobs in the US and help spread AI geographically, keeping the US at the forefront of innovation.
- Failure to upgrade the US energy infrastructure could put national security at risk and leave the US behind in the AI race.
Phil Harvey, CEO of Sabre56, said that AI data centers cost $3 million to $5 million per megawatt to operate. A ChatGPT search consumes 10 times more energy than a regular Google search.
- Indiana pledges to provide uninterrupted power to Google, Meta, and Microsoft data centers.
- The state has attracted $14 billion in investment in data center facilities thanks to its rich natural resources.
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