Let's do the math.
To train GPT4 - 384,615,000 KWh was burned ($100,000,000+)
That's enough to power:
* 690,000 average residential homes for a month.
* Run a large/huge data centre for 7 years.
Some #LLM models took x2.5 that so multiply all the numbers by that.
That's all of greater Los Angeles residences powered for a month.
There were "only" about 65 energy dumps like that so far.
Yes, I used #ai to do this, why do you ask?