Data centers could account for up to 17% of electricity use in the Netherlands and 30% in Ireland by 2035. Building the plants and power lines to supply them will be costly, and households could end up paying part of the bill.
Cities and local partners across Europe, the Middle East and Africa are using NVIDIA computing to build physical AI agents and digital twins. The tools are meant to help with everyday decisions such as scheduling road repairs or saving energy.
More executives are tempted to run AI models on their own servers. The article explains that whether this pays off comes down to two parameters.
The new fiber link will connect Ireland directly with France, Spain and Portugal from 2029. It is designed to give very fast access to the Irish data centers that big tech companies use for AI.
Visiting Paris, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang described himself as an optimist on AI risks, sovereignty and employment. He also announced several investments in France, including in Doctolib.
In a Guardian opinion piece, Richard Wilson and Clara Long point to a fight over a data center in Utah as a test case for citizens' assemblies that could pave the way to oversight of AI. They write against a backdrop of rogue-agent reports and the refusal by OpenAI and Anthropic bosses to appear before an Australian Senate inquiry.