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Large-Scale and High-Density AI and HPC: Sustainability Challenges
DescriptionToday's AI supercomputers push power boundaries, often exceeding 200MW, far beyond traditional HPC. While HPC has pioneered operational efficiency for large-scale workloads, AI's explosive growth now accelerates innovations like photonics and small modular reactors (SMRs). This panel will discuss the profound impact of these high-density AI/HPC supercomputers on energy, CO2 emissions, and water usage. We'll explore AI's carbon footprint (currently 1.2%–1.5% of global electricity), the shift toward co-located energy generation, and water-efficient cooling strategies. Crucially, we'll examine AI as an HPC workload, the 100x greater AI hardware investment, and evolving benchmarking like "tokens per kilowatt-hour." The discussion will highlight changing roles for HPC in an AI-driven future, emphasizing collaboration and leveraging HPC expertise for sustainable, scalable AI growth.
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TimeTuesday, 18 November 20251:30pm - 3:00pm CST
Location240-241-242
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