How much energy does Google's AI use? We did the math(cloud.google.com)
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How much energy does Google's AI use? We did the math
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure/measuring-the-environmental-impact-of-ai-inference
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[dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44972808
The main number seems to be that a single text query takes about 0.24 Wh, which is as much energy as 9 seconds of TV. They say they had a 33-fold drop in energy use in just one year.