AI Energy Use Soars as Scale Outpaces Efficiency Gains

AI training costs are growing exponentially as model scale expands, and despite improving per-compute efficiency, total energy use keeps rising. Many data center water usage claims are overstated, yet overall resource consumption still surges due to rebound effects.

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