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998 Swiss startup bets on photonic chips to cut data centre energy consumption

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Ioanna Lykiardopoulou @ The Next Web 2 place · 09/19/2024 03:00 EDT

Swiss startup bets on photonic chips to cut data centre energy consumption

Amid the AI boom, data centres are consuming alarming amounts of electricity. They’re also responsible for 1% of global energy-related emissions. By 2030, their power demand could increase by 160%. Switzerland-based Lightium aims to provide a solution. The young startup announced today it has raised $7mn in seed funding to both accelerate the performance of data centres and reduce their energy consumption with a next generation of photonic chips. Data centres are essentially large clusters of three componen

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