The role of accelerated computing in reducing energy consumption

As energy demands and costs soar, accelerated computing is poised as the critical solution for data centers and business leaders across industries. Credit: iStock Businesses increasingly rely on powerful computing systems housed in data centers for their workloads. As the data center market expands, at an estimated growth rate of 10.5% from 2024 to 2030 1 , energy consumption has become a major concern. Data centers consume about 1-2% of the world’s electricity 2 , expected to double by 2030. That’s a lot of energy. Without evolving data center platforms, energy sources, and operations to support this demand, data center growth will not be sustainable financially or environmentally. The energy demands are too high, and the old ways of boosting performance are no longer sufficient. This is where accelerated computing 3 , powered by graphics processing units (GPUs), has emerged as a transformative solution. This solution, when optimized to reduce emissions and energy consumption, is our best path to sustainable computing 4 . Striking the Balance With Accelerated Computing As businesses strive to cut emissions while delivering more computational throughput in the era of AI and big data, accelerated computing has become essential to achieve these goals. By switching […]

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