BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 2. Artificial
intelligence (AI) opens up new opportunities for energy
infrastructure and requires process transformation, Managing
Director and Senior Partner, Global Leader of Energy Practice at
Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Pattabi Seshadri, said at a session
on"Executive Talks: Leadership Perspectives on Energy Transition
and Future Strategies" within the framework of Baku Energy Week,
Trend reports.
According to him, the AI development is accompanied by
large-scale investments in infrastructure, including the
construction of data centers and the expansion of computing
capacity.
He noted that approximately 75 gigawatts of chip-based computing
capacity will be commissioned by 2030, which could correspond to an
investment of nearly $50 billion per gigawatt of data center
capacity.
Seshadri also pointed to the significant potential of energy
infrastructure and the need for international cooperation in this
area.
He noted that the energy industry is already one of the largest
consumers of high-performance computing and technologies, but this
fact isn't widely publicized.
He specifically emphasized the need to implement AI through two
approaches: the use of technology in the daily work of employees
and the comprehensive restructuring of production and management
processes using various types of AI, including predictive,
generative, and agent-based systems.
According to him, this approach must be accompanied by the
involvement of personnel in the transformation process to ensure
the effective implementation of new technologies.
