Artificial intelligence (AI) firm OpenAI wants to build data centers that consume more power than the whole United Kingdom.
The company behind ChatGPT pitched the idea during a meeting with U.S. officials at the White House, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other tech leaders in attendance. OpenAI proposed building five to seven data centers in various U.S. states.
When completed, each of these data centers would need five gigawatts (GW) of electricity to operate. “To put that in context, five GW is roughly the equivalent of five nuclear reactors, or enough to power almost three million homes,” Bloomberg News pointed out.
“The startup shared a documents with government officials outlining the economic and national security benefits of building data centers, based on an analysis the company engaged with outside experts on. OpenAI said investing in these facilities would result in tens of thousands of new jobs, boost the gross domestic product and ensure the U.S. can maintain its lead in AI development, according to the document. To achieve that, however, the U.S. needs policies that support greater data center capacity.”
A spokesperson for the San Francisco-based OpenAI provided a statement to Bloomberg News, saying: “OpenAI is actively working to strengthen AI infrastructure in the U.S., which we believe is critical to keeping America at the forefront of global innovation; boosting reindustrialization across the country; and making AI’s benefits accessible to everyone.” […]
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