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The Economist
The Economist
9 Apr 2025


NextImg:The tricky task of calculating AI’s energy use
Science & technology | Unclean thoughts

The tricky task of calculating AI’s energy use

Making models less thirsty may not lessen their environmental impact

A fifth of all electricity used in Ireland is spent powering the country’s data centres, more than is used by its urban homes. With one data centre for every 42,000-odd people, Ireland has one of the highest per-person concentrations of computing power in the world. Loudoun County, just outside Washington, DC, beats it: its 443,000 residents rub shoulders with scores of data centres—more than the next six biggest clusters in America combined. In 2022 their peak energy usage was almost 3 gigawatts (GW), a power draw that, if maintained year round, would approach Ireland’s total annual consumption.

An illustration depicting a satellite.

Could data centres ever be built in orbit?

A startup called Starcloud has plans to do just that

A thoughtful robot sitting on a rock, resembling The Thinker, with a question mark above its head

Researchers lift the lid on how reasoning models actually “think”

They plan sentences far in advance. They also bullshit themselves when reasoning out loud


This illustration depicts a surreal, anthropomorphic clock with facial features. The clock face includes eyes, a nose, and lips arranged along the clock hands, giving it a whimsical and expressive look.

How Daylight Saving Time affects your sleep and diet

This annual time shift has long-lasting effects on health


Motors in the wheels take EVs further

Simpler to build, lighter and extra range

What does space miso taste like?

It should make the diets of astronauts more interesting

Mitochondria transplants could cure diseases and lengthen lives

A technique that may create a new field of medicine