Isidingo sobuhlakani bokwenziwa siyaqhubeka nokukhula, futhi izinkampani zobuchwepheshe ziya ngokuya zinesithakazelo emandleni enuzi kanye namandla okushisa komhlaba.
Njengoba ukuthengiswa kwe-AI kukhula, imibiko yabezindaba yakamuva iqokomisa ukwanda kwesidingo samandla esivela ezinkampanini ezihamba phambili ze-cloud computing: i-Amazon, i-Google, ne-Microsoft. Emzamweni wokuhlangabezana nemigomo yokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni, lezi zinkampani ziphendukela emithonjeni yamandla ahlanzekile, okuhlanganisa amandla enuzi kanye ne-geothermal, ukuze zihlole izindlela ezintsha.
Ngokusho kwe-International Energy Agency, izikhungo zedatha kanye namanethiwekhi ahlobene nazo okwamanje zisebenzisa cishe u-2%-3% wokunikezwa kukagesi emhlabeni jikelele. Izibikezelo ezivela kwi-Boston Consulting Group zisikisela ukuthi lesi sidingo singaphindeka kathathu ngo-2030, sishukunyiswa yizidingo ezinkulu zokubala ze-AI yokukhiqiza.
Nakuba laba abathathu sebetshale imali kumaphrojekthi amaningi elanga nomoya ukuze banikeze amandla izikhungo zabo zedatha ezikhulayo, ukuguquguquka kwale mithombo yamandla kudala izinselele ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi kukhona ukunikezwa kwamandla okuqhubekayo ubusuku nemini. Ngenxa yalokho, bafuna ngenkuthalo ezinye izindlela ezintsha zamandla avuselelekayo, angenawo amakhabhoni.
Ngesonto eledlule, iMicrosoft ne-Google bamemezele ukubambisana kokuthenga ugesi okhiqizwa ngamandla angaphansi komhlaba, i-hydrogen, isitoreji sebhethri kanye namandla enuzi. Basebenzisana futhi nomenzi wensimbi uNucor ukuthola amaphrojekthi abangawathenga uma eseqalile ukusebenza.
Amandla angaphansi komhlaba okwamanje ayingxenye encane kakhulu yengxube kagesi yase-US, kodwa kulindeleke ukuthi ahlinzeke ngama-gigawatts angu-120 okukhiqizwa kukagesi ngo-2050. Ngenxa yesidingo sobuhlakani bokwenziwa, ukuhlonza izinsiza ezingaphansi komhlaba kanye nokuthuthukisa ukumba ukuhlola kuzosebenza kahle kakhulu.
Ukuhlanganiswa kwe-nuclear kubhekwa njengobuchwepheshe obuphephile nobuhlanzekile kunamandla enuzi avamile. I-Google itshale imali kwi-TAE Technologies, futhi iMicrosoft ihlela nokuthenga ugesi okhiqizwa yi-Helion Energy, inkampani entsha ye-nuclear fusion ngo-2028.
UMaud Texler, inhloko yamandla ahlanzekile kanye nokususwa kwe-carbonization kwa-Google, waphawula:
Ukukhulisa ubuchwepheshe obuhlanzekile obuthuthukisiwe kudinga ukutshalwa kwezimali okukhulu, kodwa izinto ezintsha kanye nengozi kuvame ukwenza kube nzima ngamaphrojekthi asesigabeni sokuqala ukuthola uxhaso lwezimali aludingayo. Ukuhlanganisa isidingo esivela kubathengi abaningi abakhulu bamandla ahlanzekile kungasiza ekudaleni utshalomali kanye nezakhiwo zezentengiselwano ezidingekayo ukuze kufinyelelwe la maphrojekthi ezingeni elilandelayo emakethe.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, abanye abahlaziyi baveze ukuthi ukuze kusekelwe ukwanda kwesidingo sikagesi, izinkampani ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe ekugcineni kuzodingeka zithembele kakhulu emithonjeni yamandla engavuseleleki njengegesi yemvelo namalahle ukuze kukhiqizwe ugesi.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Ephreli-03-2024
