Brazil has formalized its application to become a member of the International Energy Agency (IEA), an organization that “brings together the major energy consumers of the developed world,” the OECD-affiliated body announced.

According to media reports, Brazilian Ambassador Sarquis J.B. Sarquis made the request to IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol, presenting a letter from Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira and Minister of Mines and Energy Alexandre Silveira.

Brazil wants to expedite the process for its acceptance, and in this regard, the two ministers from the South American country highlighted “the collaboration that their country maintains with the agency, which has significantly contributed to the advancement of energy policies in Brazil over the years.”

Both officials emphasize Brazil’s importance as a net oil exporter, “with a diversified energy mix and its growing leadership role in the use of clean and renewable sources, it will further contribute to the work of the IEA and to international cooperation in the energy sector.”

Brazil’s desire to become a member of the IEA represents a major step forward for international governance after years of close cooperation in energy matters. According to the agency, it is the largest country in Latin America by population (210 million) and a “major producer and exporter of oil,” characteristics that are significant in terms of international energy security and the energy transition.

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On December 5, the First Global Energy and Artificial Intelligence Summit will take place in Paris to analyze the increase in electricity consumption generated by the development and application of artificial intelligence.

This was recently indicated by the director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, who has highlighted the worrying nature of this increase in this sector, considering that electricity consumption is already high in the world.

According to the latest IEA report, “which predicts energy consumption for 2026, it anticipates that by that year, data center consumption will be more than 1,000 terawatt-hours. To give us an idea, it is the equivalent consumption of all of Japan.”

They establish as a point of comparison the global consumption of data centers in 2022, which stood at 460 TWh, approximately 2 % of all electrical energy in use.

When compared with the demand for cryptocurrency mining, they indicate that about 160 TWh will be consumed by 2026 and a growth of more than 40 % is estimated in that field. Therefore, “it continues to fall far short of the expected impact for AI.”

Personalities such as Elon Musk, from Tesla, and Sam Altman, from OpenAI, have pointed out that electricity consumption in AI is something never seen before and that an energy shortage could be faced. For her part, Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Energy of the United States, raised the possibility of using nuclear energy to confront artificial intelligence.

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