Deepseek Means More Data Center Capacity Needed, Brookfield Says
The progress made by Chinese startup DeepSeek indicates that more data center capacity is needed to handle the growing artificial intelligence workload, according to Brookfield Corp.'s Bruce Flatt. As the costs of running AI come down, "more use cases come about and that's what's going to happen in the next 10 years," Flatt said. The firm's investment in data centers and other AI infrastructure is expected to quadruple over the longer term.
- This growing reliance on DeepSeek-style tools raises questions about the environmental sustainability of a future where massive amounts of computing power are required to support widespread AI adoption.
- How will the increasing demand for data center capacity impact the global efforts to reduce carbon emissions from technology usage?