Figure 19 Energy intensity of AI computer chips has been improving historically 1000 100 10 1 0.1 2022 2020 2018 2016 2014 2012 2010 2008 Energy intensity Index of energy intensity of Al computer chips (2008-100, log scale) Chip model release date Source: IEA, What the data center and AI boom could mean for the energy sector, October 2024 Figure 20 Energy intensity of compute is decreasing even as energy consumption of AI chips is increasing on a per unit basis 7 10 14 1.30 0.32 0.20 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0 5 10 15 20 Max Power (kW) Energy intensity of compute (kW/pFLOPs) DGX A100 DGX H100 DGX B200 More advanced GPU generations Max Power (kW) Energy intensity of compute (kW/pFLOPs) Source: Nvidia, DGX Station A100 Hardware Specifications; Nvidia, H100 Tensor Core GPU Datasheet; Nvidia, DGX B200 Datasheet; ADNOC Analysis. 74 Powering Possible 73
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