Google serves 3.2 quadrillion AI tokens a month — ~12GW, and energy could run out in 3 years
victor_explore · x · 2026-09-22
- Google's AI now serves 3.2 quadrillion tokens per month.
- AI chip founder Naveen Rao estimates that translates to roughly 12 gigawatts running nonstop — about a third of all US data center power.
- His projection: at this pace, energy supply becomes the binding constraint in about 3 years. Commenter victorexplore adds that power will stop being a sustainability slide and start capping how many agent calls per user you can afford.
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