Data centers consumed 4.4% of U.S. electricity in 2023 and are estimated to use rel=”nofollow” href=”https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-releases-new-report-evaluating-increase-electricity-demand-data-centers#:~:text=The%20report%20finds%20that%20data,total%20U.S.%20electricity%20by%202028.”>up to 12% by 2028. The majority of the energy data centers suck up is used to help transfer data from chip to chip. A company called Hyperlume is looking to make that process more energy-efficient while also speeding it up.
Ottawa, Canada-based Hyperlume created a version of rel=”nofollow” href=”https://www.hyperlume.com/”microLEDs that can transfer information faster than the copper-based connections commonly found between the racks in data centers. These microLEDs also require less energy to transfer data than…
