​Microsoft’s Electricity Use Has Doubled Between 2020–2023 – Tyler Durden

Microsoft’s Electricity Use Has Doubled Between 2020–2023 Big Tech’s AI arms race has a significant energy cost. For example, a study found that training OpenAI’s GPT-4 used up to 62,000 megawatt-hours, equal to the energy needs of 1,000 U.S. households over 5-6 years. And, as Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao details below, this can be seen when tracking Microsoft’s electricity use (in terawatt-hours) and related carbon emissions (in million metric tons of CO₂e) in the last four years. Data is sourced from the company’s 2024 Sustainability Report, and covers FY 2020–23. Microsoft’s financial year runs from July 1st to June 30th. AI Push is…  — Continue at ZeroHedge News : Read More