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DeepSeek: IEA says energy consumption of AI is difficult to estimate

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Published: January 30th, 2025,
Last updated: February 15th, 2025

Deepseek chatbot app is being displayed on a mobile phone, seen in in the background, this photo illustration. Taken in Brussels, Belgium, On 28 January 2025.
The new AI model DeepSeek has caused a sensation. It is currently difficult to estimate how the energy requirements of artificial intelligence will develop.

The fall in energy share prices shows how little is known about the energy consumption of artificial intelligence (AI), the International Energy Agency is quoted in a report by the Financial Times. As a result, there is currently a lack of tools and information to reliably determine future energy demand. The share prices of energy companies have also risen recently as investors have assumed that AI will lead to higher energy demand.

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