The cabinet approves a measure to accelerate the establishment of new artificial intelligence data centers, says the Prime Minister’s Office.
Energy Minister Eli Cohen says that the decision will remove barriers in the planning and construction of server farms.
He adds that construction has begun for AI data centers that will use 1 gigawatt of energy, “more than five percent of the State of Israel’s energy consumption in just the last three months.”
Cohen says that, in order to meet the new energy demands, Israel will double its plans for new power plants, aiming to build four by the end of the decade.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israel-moves-to-build-new-ai-data-centers/
