"We discuss just how essential AC is - particularly in lower-income countries facing the brunt of higher temperatures driven by global warming. We find that 10 air conditioners are sold every second, and focus on the appliance's growth in India. "If we talk about the market today, it's 14 to 15 million room air conditioners," said Kanwal Jeet Jawa, head of Daikin India. "When I started, the total market was maybe less than 10,000.""
"Singapore's founding prime minister was asked about the most important factors in the country's success. First, he said, was promoting multicultural tolerance. Second? Air conditioning. He called it "one of the signal inventions of history. It changed the nature of civilization by making development possible in the tropics." How it works: I then ponder energy's essential role in AI. Energy is so important to a data center's business that it's literally how the centers are measured and how companies are charged, specifically in megawatts."
Society channels large amounts of energy into air conditioning, artificial intelligence, and massive entertainment venues such as the Sphere in Las Vegas. Ten air conditioners are sold every second worldwide, with room AC demand in India reaching roughly 14–15 million units annually from a market that once numbered under 10,000. Singapore’s founding prime minister credited air conditioning as transformative for tropical development. Data centers for AI are sized and billed by megawatts; a standard NTT Global Data center is designed to provide 36 megawatts, roughly the power of 36,000 homes.
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