UK AI council looks north as energy demand set to soar — but connectivity an afterthought
Initial meetings of the government’s AI Energy Council see predictions of surging energy demand and challenges in ensuring existing infrastructure is up to the job, but connectivity requirements appear sidelined with fibre operators asbent…
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- Themes: AI data centre business models; AI demand forecasting; AI infrastructure planning; Data centre electricity demand; Edge computing; Energy grid connection; Energy infrastructure optimisation; Hyperscale data centres; Latency challenges; Remote facility development; Telecoms sector exclusion; Training to inference shift.
- Events: AI Energy Council April meeting; AI Energy Council June meeting; Data centre demand tripling forecast; Government infrastructure alignment initiative; NESO presentation; IEA forecast.
- People: Ed Miliband; Peter Kyle.
- Geographic: Northern Scotland; United Kingdom.
- Organisations: Advanced Research and Innovation Agency; Amazon Web Services; ARM; Brookfield; Department for Science Innovation and Technology; EDF Energy; Energy Networks Association; EpochAI; Equinix; Google; International Energy Agency (IEA); Microsoft; National Energy System Operator (NESO); National Grid Transmission UK; Nuclear Industry Association; Ofgem; Scottish Power.
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