Data Center World 2025

To ensure that AI can reach its true, transformative potential, we need to work together to leverage power efficient technologies that scale AI without bankrupting our already-stressed power grids. The tech industry needs a new playbook to make this happen. Left unabated, it's predicted that power consumption from AI could rise to 21 terawatts by 2030, more than 3x the current total global power grid. This session will cover how power efficient transformation is not only possible, but essential, in the datacenter and beyond, and how the world and industry can come together to solve this urgent issue.

Takeaway

1) The promise of AI begins in the datacenter – AI has the potential to be the most transformative technology of our lifetimes. Researchers are using it to accelerate the discovery of life saving medicines, AI is being used to fight climate change, and discover new battery materials. Breakthroughs are happening quickly, but to keep up this pace of innovation we'll need to focus on power efficiency so that we can scale without hurting the planet

2) We need a new playbook in the age of AI – AI is the fastest growing workload in the datacenter, and it's consuming compute and energy at a level that is unsustainable. We'll need to rethink everything, from how the datacenters are built, to the chips that power the workloads, to where the energy is sourced and stored, if we want to realize the potential of AI

3)Industry–wide collaboration is essential – no company can do this alone. For AI to scale we'll need to work together and adopt power-efficient technologies that enable AI to thrive without choking the power grid