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There are a lot of folks who vastly underestimate the carbon output of current AI training and work, and you're among them. The number of data centers being rai
by nemo 1y ago
There are a lot of folks who vastly underestimate the carbon output of current AI training and work, and you're among them. The number of data centers being raised right now with increased power planning around data centers around the globe points to a reality of energy consumption that's probably an order of magnitude higher than you imagine. At a time when the costs of carbon poisoning the oceans is getting really ugly and driving extinctions, melting polar ice, and driving global warming, writing off a major new generator of atmospheric carbon is dangerously irresponsible.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energ...