AI's Insatiable Appetite for Energy Threatens Ireland's Grid

Ireland is set to become the next country to face a major threat to its power grid due to the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence. Dublin has emerged as the heart of Europe’s data center hub, and hyperscale cloud providers have quickly become a pillar of the country’s economy. But powering the data centers that house the cloud has become a monumental task with the runaway growth of AI. Artificial intelligence requires a stunning amount of energy to train and power its complex computation systems. Currently, the approximate amount…