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The information and communication technology ( ICT ) industry enables sustainable development by making the global economy less energy – intensive . The wave of digitalization that swooped the world over the last two decades enabled an increase in economic productivity and energy efficiency . In fact , the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy ( ACEEE ) estimated that for every 1kW of energy consumed by the IT sector , 10kW are saved in other sectors .
The backbone of the digital economy is the global network of data centers . During a wave of huge growth in compute demand between 2010 and 2020 , the data center industry maintained stable energy consumption of approximately 200TWhs per year – a considerable achievement . With demand for AI applications through the roof , the data center industry doubled its power consumption in 2023 , exceeding 400TWh based on Omdia data points .
The IT industry is also having to invest in an overwhelming amount of new IT infrastructure , optimized for the creation ( training ) and running ( inference / generation ) of AI models . To satisfy the unprecedented demand for AI , the data center industry cannot rely only on new power generation
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