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Comment on Planning for the Future by Mike McGowan
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Comments for The Citizen
As I travel our state and talk with people about Georgia’s “Energy Future,” the biggest question I get now is about data centers and the amount of energy needed for us to continue to enjoy Netflix, and experiment with all of the “AI” or Artificial Intelligence opportunities online. In fact, I asked my Google AI prompt about the impact, and this is what was returned: “Yes, AI is significantly driving data center electricity demand, with the rapid growth of advanced AI systems like generative models leading to a surge in energy consumption as they require vast computational power and large numbers of processing chips, putting considerable strain on data center electricity grids.” But still, thanks to Georgia tax incentives and reasonably priced electricity in our state, more data centers…