AI Outpaces Bitcoin in Energy Usage

Executive Summary 

• AI power surge: by 2025 AI may use 50% of data-center electricity, outstripping Bitcoin.

• Google’s new app enables offline downloading and on-device inference of AI models.

• Space Forge raised $30 M to produce microgravity-fabricated semiconductor materials in orbit.

• AI tool of the week: Flick, an AI social-media manager that suggests, generates, and schedules posts.

News

 🔋 AI Could Soon Outpace Bitcoin in Power Use. Link

• A new analysis by Alex de Vries-Gao projects that AI could consume nearly half of the world’s data-center electricity by the end of 2025, eclipsing Bitcoin mining’s current share of global power use.

• Researchers estimate AI already accounts for up to 20 percent of data-center energy consumption, driven by the rapid growth of specialized AI chips despite ongoing efficiency improvements.

• Accelerating AI electricity demand risks straining power grids, prompting plans for new gas-fired and nuclear plants, and highlights the need for greater transparency in tech companies’ AI-related emissions reporting.

💰Google Released an App That Lets You Download and Run AI Models Locally. Link

• Google has rolled out a new experimental application enabling users to download AI models directly to their devices and run inference without relying on cloud servers.

• The app targets scenarios with limited or no internet connectivity, allowing developers to experiment with AI workloads offline.

• By decentralising model execution, Google aims to enhance user privacy, reduce latency, and broaden access to AI capabilities beyond data-center environments.

 🚀 Space Forge Raises $30 M Series A to Make Chip Materials in Space. Link

• Space Forge closed a $30 million Series A round to develop orbital manufacturing systems that produce semiconductor chip materials in microgravity.

• The startup plans to exploit the contamination-free environment of space to create purer, defect-free materials for next-generation electronics.

• This funding marks a major step toward commercialising space-based fabrication and could fundamentally alter the semiconductor supply chain by moving advanced materials production off Earth.

AI tool of the week

Flick

Flick’s AI Social Media Manager connects to your Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and Twitter accounts to analyse your past posts, audience behaviour, and emerging trends. Based on this data, it generates content ideas, suggests captions and hashtag sets, and can automatically schedule posts during periods of historically higher engagement.

This all-in-one platform has quickly gained traction with thousands of creators, agencies, and marketing teams worldwide, thanks to its intuitive browser and mobile interfaces, secure integrations, and strict adherence to each network’s API guidelines to keep your credentials and data private.

However, Flick’s AI can sometimes produce captions that feel generic or stray from your unique tone, and advanced features like multi-platform bulk scheduling and in-depth analytics require higher-tier subscriptions.

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