# AI will have to go nuclear

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-11-14
- **Theme:** Energy & AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/
- **Source:** Akash Network: A New Era of Affordable, Decentralized Cloud Computing with Greg Osuri \| Varuni (Thecoinrepublic)
- **Watch at:** 00:18:10 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE-7d8tU3WQ&t=1090s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/2024-11-14-ai-will-have-to-go-nuclear-qeim/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "AI will have to go nuclear," Akash Network: A New Era of Affordable, Decentralized Cloud Computing with Greg Osuri \| Varuni (Thecoinrepublic), 14 Nov 2024, 00:18:10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE-7d8tU3WQ&t=1090s

## Quote — verbatim

> Especially with AI, the need for electricity and compute — I don't think we'll be able to even fulfill with solar or any of the sustainable methods. I think we're going to have to go nuclear for powering AI.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Sustainability discussion; he adds that decentralized technologies "have the best bet" at making new AI data centers sustainable and energy efficient, and that Akash is sustainable by definition since it reuses existing compute.