Eye on A.I. · Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Paul Appleby of Virtana points out that inefficient AI operations lead to idle GPUs and significant energy waste. He emphasizes the need for better utilization and throughput to maximize ROI from AI investments, and reduce the environmental impact of data centers.
“But if AI workloads are getting throttled and GPUs are sitting idle, you've made these massive investments and you're not getting a return on the investments.”
“So how do you maximize, utilize and throughput to get great ROI.”
“And then the final thing is we're all aware of the massive energy consumption, um, and environmental implications of AI data centers.”