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Recently, SoftBank and Intel have jointly developed a new AI-specific memory chip aimed at significantly reducing power consumption to provide more efficient support for Japan's AI infrastructure. According to Nikkei Asia, the goal of their cooperation is to design a new type of stacked DRAM chip. The wiring method of this chip will be different from the popular High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) on the market, expected to reduce power consumption by about 50%. Image source note: The image was generated by AI, and the image rights service provider is Midjourney.

According to a new analysis, the power consumption of artificial intelligence is expected to reach nearly half of the total electricity consumption of global data centers by the end of 2025, meaning AI energy consumption will soon surpass bitcoin mining. The analysis was conducted by Alex de Vries-Gao, a Ph.D. student at the Environmental Institute of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He has previously tracked the power consumption and environmental impact of cryptocurrencies and published related data on his website Digiconomist. Currently, AI has already accounted for a significant portion of data center energy usage.

PJM, the largest electricity grid operator in the United States, recently announced a partnership with Google and its subsidiary Tapestry to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to transform how it manages its power system. This collaboration is expected to accelerate the integration of new power sources and address challenges such as delays in approving renewable energy projects and risks of power shortages. PJM noted in a press release that the project will mark the first use of AI to manage grid interconnection requests. Tapestry

HCLTech recently announced the launch of its new subsidiary, HCLTech Public Sector Solutions (PSS), focused on driving AI-powered digital transformation for US government agencies. The subsidiary will serve state and local governments, education organizations (SLED), and federal civilian and defense agencies, leveraging HCLTech's decades of experience in comprehensive technology solutions. This move further strengthens HCLTech's expansion in the public sector, building on the foundation laid by the establishment of a dedicated team in November of last year.

Accurate power generation forecasting and supply-demand management are crucial for the rapid development of the new energy industry. On March 26, Ant Group released its new energy power time series large model – EnergyTS. This model aims to help companies optimize their business strategies and improve operational efficiency through high-precision data analysis. EnergyTS demonstrates particularly strong performance in photovoltaic scenarios, surpassing Google's TimesFM-V2.0 and Amazon's Chronos-Lar in power generation prediction accuracy.

On March 26th, at the Spring Summit of the New Energy Digital Asset Community in Suzhou, Ant Group officially launched EnergyTS, a time-series model for energy and power. This marks a significant breakthrough for Chinese companies in the field of energy AI. Specifically designed for the new energy sector, EnergyTS demonstrated significantly higher accuracy in photovoltaic power generation prediction compared to leading international general-purpose time-series models such as Google's (TimesFM-V2.0) and Amazon's (Chronos-Large). In T+1 day prediction, the model's mean absolute error is only...

A recent parliamentary committee report highlights significant challenges facing the UK public sector in adopting AI technologies, despite rapid advancements across various sectors. The report emphasizes outdated technology and a lack of digital skills as major hurdles to AI transformation. Many government bodies, it notes, remain at a low level of digital maturity, with existing infrastructure ill-equipped to support modern AI applications. Furthermore, a shortage of appropriately skilled personnel...

Another chapter in the expansion of Silicon Valley tech giants! Elon Musk's xAI company today announced the acquisition of Hotshot, a startup focused on AI-powered video generation. This strategic acquisition will inject new vitality into xAI's multimodal AI technology. Hotshot CEO Aakash Sastry officially announced the news on the X platform, but did not disclose the specific transaction amount. Previously backed by investors including Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and SV Angel...

EcoDataCenter, a Swedish sustainable data center company, has received $478 million in funding to expand its operations and build more environmentally friendly data centers.

At the recent 360 Nano AI search event for new energy vehicles, Zhou Hongyi, founder and chairman of 360 Group, shared in-depth insights on the widely-discussed DeepSeek. He highly praised its open-source spirit and its positive role in advancing the industry.

Recently, a study conducted by the non-profit organization Epoch AI revealed the energy consumption of OpenAI's chatbot platform ChatGPT, showing that its energy use is significantly lower than earlier estimates. According to some reports, ChatGPT consumes about 3 watt-hours of power to answer a question; however, Epoch AI's research suggests that this figure has been overstated. The study indicates that when using OpenAI's latest default model GPT-4o, the average energy consumption per query is only...

According to Bloomberg, Meta officially launched a layoff plan on Monday, targeting primarily 'underperforming' employees. At the same time, Meta is actively seeking new talent to strengthen its position in the artificial intelligence market. The layoffs will affect approximately 3,600 employees, accounting for 5% of Meta's total workforce. Affected employees were notified via email. U.S. employees will receive severance packages that include 16 weeks of pay and additional compensation based on their years of service.

The $100 billion Stargate project plans to source some of its electricity from solar energy and batteries. According to Bloomberg, the renewable energy facilities for this project will be constructed by SB Energy, a subsidiary of SoftBank, but this is not the only energy source for the project. Stargate is a collaboration between OpenAI, Oracle, and the SoftBank Group aimed at establishing a large number of new data centers to accelerate the rapid development of artificial intelligence applications. Image source note: