As artificial intelligence presents the possibility of becoming an integral driver of the energy transition, the industry finds itself at an important moment. AI promises enormous benefits – from real-time grid optimisation and predictive maintenance to customer...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being framed in some quarters as being equal only to the invention of electricity, inevitably poised to transform everything from healthcare to finance, from supply chains to creativity. But as the global business community and...
Training large AI models – especially foundation models and generative architectures – can consume megawatt-hours of electricity, often with associated CO₂ emissions depending on the energy source. For AI developers, researchers and CTOs, quantifying and...
The environmental impact of AI’s core infrastructures—particularly data centres—has become a growing concern worldwide. Recent research highlights the significant carbon footprint of large language models (LLMs) in natural language processing (NLP) and emphasises the...