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		How much energy does Google's AI use? We did the math (cloud.google.com)
		6 points by alphabetatango 5 months ago \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

ChrisArchitect 5 months ago | [–]

[dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44972808

alphabetatango 5 months ago | [–]

The main number seems to be that a single text query takes about 0.24 Wh, which is as much energy as 9 seconds of TV. They say they had a 33-fold drop in energy use in just one year.

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