Artificial intelligence, It has become very popular lately. With the introduction of productive models into our lives, the daily use of these technologies has increased significantly. Although entering a site and typing a command of three or five sentences seems sufficient to use artificial intelligence, it does not work in the background. enormous processing power It is needed. Now states are imposing restrictions on data centers that provide this processing power.

New regulations for data centers

According to The Financial Times, for environmental reasons Chinese, Singapore And Ireland In countries such as Turkey, regulations have recently come into force that impose restrictions on the establishment of new data centers. It is mainly preferred by businesses due to its low tax rates and access to a high-capacity underwater cable network. Stricter regulations introduced by Irelandalso threatens future projects.

Vantage, EdgeConneX, Equinix New projects in Dublin by several data center companies have been rejected by the country’s energy and water regulators. New data centers were not allowed to be connected to the electrical infrastructure. Germany and Loudoun in the US state of Virginia implemented similar rules, requiring facilities in residential areas to use renewable energy and convert the resulting heat into energy.

International Energy AgencyHe stated that cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence consume a large amount of energy and that this consumption will double by 2026. According to the report, data centers, cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence are responsible for 2 percent of the world’s electricity consumption. Technology companies are also currently evaluating alternatives. For example Microsoftplans to use nuclear energy for data centers.