Electricity regulators are concerned that the huge growth in AI usage could lead to power blackouts in the US and Canada as early as next year. The prediction was published shortly after the public release of iOS 18.2 brought many more Apple Intelligence features online.
Artificial intelligence services like ChatGPT and Apple’s own Private Cloud Compute servers will see data center power usage double in the course of just four years, and power grids will likely struggle to keep up with this demand …
The concerns were expressed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), a non-profit regulator for the power-generation sector, reports the Financial Times.
North America’s electricity grid faces “critical reliability challenges” as power generation fails to keep pace with surging demand from artificial intelligence, the industry watchdog has warned […]
The shortfall could cause blackouts during peak demand periods in both countries as soon as next year.
Demand for electricity is growing at an unprecedented rate, says the NERC in its …