Post #3531766
2026-07-01 20:43 UTC
I am chatting with a seemingly nice person. She cares about the #environment . At the same time she uses #AI . To be honest, I can't explain to her well enough, how this doesn't fit. The fact, that the usage of AI ruins the environment, because of #Data usage is something, that I just believed, but I never read a descent #article or #paper about it.
Do you know, who can explain this in detail?
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@Rana@sueden.social 2026-07-02 10:18
@SophiaFree@mastodonapp.uk 🤔 Data centers used about 1.5% of global electricity in 2024, growing 17% more in 2025. Their electricity-related CO₂ is projected to hit ~1% of global emissions by 2030, operational only. Water estimates vary wildly, studies measure different things IEA: https://www.iea.org/reports/energy-and-ai/ai-and-climate-change MIT Tech Review: https://www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/ai-energy-package/ #AI #environment