Google plans a 1000x jump in AI compute over the next five years

Google is reportedly gearing up for a massive expansion of its AI infrastructure. Internal documents show the company wants to boost performance by a factor of 1,000 over the next four to five years.

Google’s AI infrastructure boss, Amin Vahdat, told employees that the company has to double its serving capacity every six months to meet demand for AI services. According to CNBC, he shared a slide in early November outlining how the company could reach a thousandfold performance increase without using much more energy or money.

Meeting that goal will require more efficient AI models, new…