{"id":222944,"date":"2026-05-30T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T00:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/as-artificial-intelligence-ai-gets-smarter-it-uses-more-electricity-and-generates-more-heat-on-l\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T00:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:10:11","slug":"as-artificial-intelligence-ai-gets-smarter-it-uses-more-electricity-and-generates-more-heat-on-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/as-artificial-intelligence-ai-gets-smarter-it-uses-more-electricity-and-generates-more-heat-on-l\/","title":{"rendered":"As artificial intelligence (AI) gets smarter, it uses more electricity and generates more heat. On l.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mk.co.kr\/en\/world\/12062011\">As artificial intelligence (AI) gets smarter, it uses more electricity and generates more heat. On l..<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mk.co.kr\/en\/world\/12062011\">https:\/\/www.mk.co.kr\/en\/world\/12062011<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-30 20:47:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.mk.co.kr\">www.mk.co.kr<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AI data centers generate significant heat<\/strong>: Artificial intelligence systems require large amounts of electricity, leading to the generation of extensive heat that necessitates cooling through substantial water use.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cooling challenges on land<\/strong>: Onshore data centers face difficulties in securing necessary water and power for cooling, as well as lengthy connection timelines for electricity grids.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Microsoft&#8217;s underwater data center failed<\/strong>: An underwater data center in Scotland by Microsoft solved cooling but became impractical due to the high costs and difficulties involved in replacing parts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Floating Data Centers (FDCs) as a new solution<\/strong>: Floating offshore data centers placed on ships or barges offer easier and cheaper component replacement, faster construction timelines, and flexibility in power sourcing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rapid development in floating data centers<\/strong>: Companies like Keppel (Singapore), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (Japan), and Samsung Heavy Industries (South Korea) are developing floating offshore data centers to address urban space shortages and dense populations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emerging interest in space-based data centers<\/strong>: Despite the high initial cost, companies like SpaceX are exploring space-based data centers that could benefit from continuous solar energy, though current launch costs remain prohibitively expensive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As artificial intelligence (AI) gets smarter, it uses more electricity and generates more heat. On&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":222945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wimg.mk.co.kr\/news\/cms\/202605\/31\/news-p.v1.20260529.6e119a26b017404a9c9086fb8d2d0116_P1.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-222944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222944"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222946,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222944\/revisions\/222946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}