• Boor@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    Google processes over 5 trillion search queries per year. Attaching an AI inference call to most if not all of those will increase electricity consumption by at least an order of magnitude.

    Edit: using their own 0.24Wh number, that equates to 1.2 billion kWh per year, or about the equivalent of 114.3 million USA homes.