The energy required to train large, new artificial intelligence (AI) models is growing rapidly, and a report released on Monday projects that within a few years such AI training could consume more than 4 gigawatts of power, enough to power entire cities.

"If trends continue in training, compute growth and hardware efficiency, then the largest individual training runs will likely require several gigawatts of power by 2030," Joshua You, a data analyst at Epoch AI, told Newsweek . Epoch AI is a research institute investigating the trajectory of AI and partnered with the independent nonprofit Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to produce the report.

While other studies of electricity demand for AI have gleaned energy use by examining company orders for chips and real estate deals

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