AI 인프라가 전세계적으로 확산되면서 이에 따른 전력 소모, 탄소 배출 등의 문제가 대두되고 있다. 이에 AI 연산에 필요한 에너지를 거래해 효율과 혁신을 도모하는 아이디어가 제시됐다.

▲DeepX CEO Kim Nok-won attending the Davos Forum / (Photo: DeepX)
CEO Kim Nok-won proposes 'AI-based energy trading system'
As AI infrastructure expands globally, issues such as power consumption and carbon emissions are emerging. Accordingly, an idea was proposed to promote efficiency and innovation by trading the energy required for AI operations.
DeepX CEO Kim Nok-won announced on the 28th that he participated in the Summer Davos Forum, the World Economic Forum (WEF), where economic leaders from around the world gather.
The 15th Davos Forum was held in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China from June 25 to 27. The theme of this forum was 'The Next Frontier for Growth', and six major topics were discussed, including entrepreneurship in the era of artificial intelligence (AI), frontiers for new industries, human investment, and the connection between climate, nature, and energy.
DeepX CEO Kim Nok-won, the only AI semiconductor company invited, met with several international figures, including global AI companies, governments from around the world, and international organizations, while attending the official Davos Forum schedule. He presented an agenda for “How can we solve problems such as excessive power consumption and resulting carbon emissions as humanity advances into the AI era?” and began to raise public awareness of the issue.
In particular, he pointed out that AI computational processing based on existing technologies has already reached its limit in terms of energy consumption, and emphasized that in order for AI technology to become part of everyday life across all areas of the economy, society, and culture, the energy consumed for AI computational processing must be drastically reduced.
As a way to promote this, CEO Kim Nok-won proposed an 'energy trading system for AI computation'. This system is structured so that organizations using high energy-consuming solutions can buy energy usage rights, and organizations using high energy-efficient solutions can sell energy usage rights to gain additional economic benefits. This can help improve energy efficiency and provide economic incentives to promote technological innovation.
Kim Nok-won, CEO, said, “The emergence of AI technology with maximized energy efficiency will be a decisive turning point for humanity to evolve into an AI-based super-intelligent civilization.” He added, “Given that DeepX’s founding principle is ‘to contribute to the evolution of human civilization to the next level through AI technology,’ DeepX’s presentation of a global agenda at the World Economic Forum and its leading role in it will be another contribution by DeepX to the upcoming transition into the AI era.”
“We are delighted to have DeepX join the World Economic Forum,” said Verena Kuhn, Global Innovator Lead at the World Economic Forum. “With their domain expertise and AI-based innovation technologies, we expect DeepX to contribute to the World Economic Forum’s AI-related initiatives as a global innovator.”