Comment on AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over
andallthat@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So, a few monthe ago China launched Deepseek and the narrqtive was all “the fact they didn’t have access to the latest Nvidia GPUs forced them to get creative and develop a model that is more efficient and cheaper”.
Now the US is getting behind on “AI wars” because China has more energy for huge data centers?
How about the US get creativve and develop LLMs that are actually useful and can work without sucking Gigafucks of electricity?
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
china has also been investing in solar for decades since the us gave up on it and became the leader
404UsernameNotFound@lemmy.wtf 3 weeks ago
To be fair in 2024, China’s electricity supply was primarily based on coal and renewable energy sources, with coal accounting for the largest share at approximately 57.77 percent. Renewable energy, including hydropower, contributed around 20.27 percent. Nuclear energy played a relatively minor role at about 4.47 percent. So it’s mostly coal power plants in used for AI in China.
Tm12@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
53.2% coal, ~20% renewables. Not disagreeing, just adding context.
Source
kunaltyagi@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Percentage dont make sense when the OP posted a out solar leadership. Raw numbers is where it’s at.
The OP did not show where AI and solar intersect, because in power supply they do not. AI power infra is mostly reliant on hydro and coal
moseschrute@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Yeah but in defense of the US, solar makes big oak sad
/s