Case for clean energy in emerging AI world

For decades, we have scrolled for a quick search without thinking about the back-end mechanisms or processes involved. However, the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has paved the way for a fundamental reasoning: Innovation has a price, and India’s energy ecosystem must be ready for the upcoming disruption. The instant answers and creative outputs we receive from AI are not magic — they are the result of vast amounts of energy being consumed, processed, and transformed.

The old search engine economy was frugal. A single web search consumed a mere 0.3 watt-hours of power, a tiny, almost negligible amount.