ChatGPT fuelling data centre boom
May 16, 2023
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Stantec’s Nicholas Blay speaks with the Property Council of Australia about how AI technologies like ChatGPT are fueling the need for data centers across Australia
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Companies are now prioritising AI as a critical factor for business expansion. To cope with the mounting demand, the creation of new data centres will need to speed up.
Nicholas Blay forecasts a huge growth in the data centre space like nothing we’ve seen before. This new cloud-based technology requires more power and therefore more servers to store and run the applications with their gathered information.
Looking back to 10-15 years ago, a data centre might use one megawatt (MW) – 1,000,000 watts – and now the industry is looking to 150-250 megawatt facilities, according to Mr Blay.
Read the full article at Property Council of Australia.
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