More than 1,000 home-years?

Question

Training GPT-4 — the one-time run that created the model — burned a lot of electricity. More or less than 1,000 American homes use in a year?

Accepted Answer

Way more — roughly 4,600 home-years (~50 GWh). Training is the splurge; answering your questions is the pennies. Both are growing. The IEA projects the world's data centers will out-consume all of Japan by 2030. (60% of Americans answer "More" — floor est.)