What if the future of AI meant rolling blackouts for your home? Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu says that’s not science fiction, it’s a looming crisis as data-hungry AI models drive power bills sky-high and stretch electric grids to the brink.

In a stark warning on X, Vembu pointed to a 60% jump in electricity costs since 2023 in Athens, Georgia—blaming the spike on AI-driven data centers.

“Even if we could afford all the GPUs (not!), we cannot afford the electricity bill,” he wrote. “We cannot afford to hurt households and factories.” Advertisement

Vembu called today’s AI “extraordinarily energy inefficient” and said India must rethink how it builds digital infrastructure.

“We need vastly more energy efficient AI,” he said, calling for a fundamental shift in how AI is computed.

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