The Claim
Twenty ordinary text prompts to an artificial intelligence system consume approximately 6 watt-hours of data-centre electricity, assuming electricity use of 0.3 watt-hours per prompt.
The calculation is sound under its stated assumption: 20 prompts multiplied by 0.3 watt-hours equals 6 watt-hours. Recent estimates around 0.24–0.34 watt-hours for typical text prompts make 0.3 watt-hours a reasonable approximation, although actual consumption varies substantially by model, response length, hardware, and accounting boundary.
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