Gordon Noble is the research director of Business, Economy and Governance at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney. Source: SmartCompany
Welcome back to Neural Notes, a weekly newsletter where I look at some of the most interesting AI news of the week. In this edition: A look at the sustainability challenges posed by AI data centres off the back of findings in a recent report by the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures.
The Drivers of Change: Meeting the Energy and Data Demands of AI Adoption in Australia and New Zealand, released earlier this week, highlighted significant energy consumption concerns around the mass adoption of AI.
In particular, it found a disconnect between business uptake and practical plans to address energy consumption.
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