Inference math: ~150 calls/person/day by 2040, energy growing 37%/year
Interview With Greg Osuri, Founder Of Akash Network (Secret Network)
“Each prompt, each call takes about 2.9 watt hours… 2025 we’re going to need about half a gigawatt capacity to serve AI… and every year it’s growing at 37% — the energy needs for AI, that includes inference and training.” — 00:14:28
Context: His “mid-conservative” published model: ~1B AI users today doing ~5 inference calls/day, growing (on mobile/internet-like adoption curves) to ~150 calls/day by 2040.