Zuckerberg is investing billions: Gigantic AI data centers in planning!

Zuckerberg is investing billions: Gigantic AI data centers in planning!

Vienna, Österreich - Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, plans to invest enormously in the expansion of its infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI). According to Vienna, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg will have announced that meta will invest "hundreds of billion dollars" for new AI data centers in the coming years. Over $ 70 billion (59.88 billion euros) are already planned for 2025. The first new system known as Prometheus is to be put into operation in 2026.

Another important step in Metas Achi-Offensive is the planned hyperion data center, which will consume up to five gigawatts of energy in its final expansion stage. This energy is sufficient to supply electricity for over four million average US budgets for one year. Zuckerberg was dissatisfied with the current progress of Meta in AI development and explained that the company had recently invested significant sums to win top forces from the industry.

massive investments in infrastructure

A concrete measure is the construction of the Sucré data center in Louisiana, which Meta will cost around 10 billion US dollars) according to Forbes. The system will include an area of 2,250 acres and 4 million square foot and is said to have a daily energy requirement of 2.23 gigawatts. The electricity required could be enough to supply more than two million households. In addition, the company needs 360 million cubic feet of natural gas every day.

The increasing demand for energy for such major projects, however, is a challenge. In view of the competitive landscape, Openai plans to invest massively in the expansion of its own data centers, while Microsoft also planned $ 80 billion for AI and cloud investments.

energy consumption and environmental pollution

The enormous energy requirement of data centers that are used for AI applications is becoming increasingly urgent worldwide. According to the [Tagesschau] (https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/energie/kuenliche-intelligenz-energie consumption-100.html), the energy consumption of AI data centers in Europe could increase to over 150 terawatt hours by 2030, which almost corresponds to a doubling compared to the current values. This number corresponds to about five percent of the total European electricity consumption, while it was only two percent.

Currently a large part of the electricity for data centers from fossil fuels. In order to get away from this, companies such as Amazon, Microsoft and Google have started to increasingly operate their data centers with renewable energies. In addition, tech giants like Google secure their own sources of energy supply. A service provider in this area is a contract for small, modular nuclear reactors, which is intended to secure the energy supply in the long term.

In the meantime, the pressure on companies such as Meta is also growing to improve their environmental balance. Despite the announced investments in AI data centers, the question remains how the energy requirements can be covered sustainably. More efficient algorithms could help optimize energy consumption, but will not prevent the need from increasing overall.