AI competition enters a new phase of "energy efficiency": Former Facebook privacy chief warns of hidden electricity grid crisis in the midst of a trillion-dollar infrastructure boom.

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24/12/2025
Jingtong Finance APP learned that Chris Kelly, former head of privacy affairs at Facebook, said that the next stage of the current AI industry development boom will focus on improving the efficiency of technology applications. Kelly said on Monday that currently, leading AI companies around the world are competing to build infrastructure to support AI computing power needs, and the AI industry must optimize this high-energy-consuming infrastructure construction model. He said, "The human brain operates with only 20 watts of energy consumption. We deduce, think about problems, and do not need gigawatt-level energy centers to support it. I believe that exploring efficiency potential will become one of the core exploration directions for leading AI companies." He added that companies that can achieve breakthroughs in reducing data center costs will ultimately become winners in the AI field.