AI datacentres pose growing threat to electricity systems worldwide

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1402252/ai-datacentres-pose-growing-threat-to-electricity-systems-worldwide [https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1402252/ai-datacentres-pose-growing-threat-to-electricity-systems-worldwide] > > Use of data-intensive technologies – in particular artificial intelligence (AI) data centres – is growing faster than electricity infrastructure can handle, the UN’s economic commission for Europe has warned, raising concerns about the future reliability and resilience of energy systems worldwide.