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 components: Central Processing Units (CPUs), Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), and optical interconnects that transmit data between these processors. These interconnects are typically based…
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