Google to Temporarily Halt Non-Essential AI Workloads to Ease Power Grid Strain
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Summary
Google has announced it will pause non-essential AI workloads to protect power grids during high-demand periods, such as heat waves. The company already employs similar strategies for other non-essential tasks like YouTube video processing. This initiative is part of agreements with Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
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· 3 pulledGoogle will pause non-essential AI workloads to protect power grids, the advertising giant announced on Monday.
The web giant already does this sort of thing for non-essential workloads like processing YouTube vids, which it moves to datacenters where power is available rather than continuing to run them in places demand for energy strains the grid.
Under an agreement with Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Google will use the same techniques for AI workloads.
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