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Following for the results of your work here so I can use it in the future.
From this 2023 paper, looks like if all Nvidia AI servers are running 24/7, you'd get an energy consumption of about 5.7–8.9 TWh per year. Nvidia servers make up 95% of the AI market (according to the paper) so that'd be pretty close to what AI servers would consume.
The paper also estimates about 20% of crypto mining GPUs no longer mining etherium converted to AI, which contributed another 16.1 TWh per year.
This doesn't include some AI, but it should be the majority.
Between those two sources, that gives 23.4 TWh per year. That gives 0.08 exta joules per year per this converter. That's 22% of Sri Lanka's energy consumption (which is the lowest country).
So AI in a year uses at much energy as Sri Lanka uses in 3 months. At least in 2023. I'll see if I can find a more recent study.
There's plenty of countries missing from that rankings list, and I bet those are the ones using less energy. Especially considering microstates like Vatican, the statement could be technically correct
I can't find any info on Vatican City's energy use, but possibly. You could go even further and compare to not widly recognized countries like sealand, where you have the energy consumption of a residential house or two. But that would be wildly misleading.