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AI Companies Should Release Environmental Impact, Commit to Clean Energy, Says UN Chief
Guterres said AI firms should disclose water, carbon and land use and switch data centres to renewable power by 2030, citing rising energy demand.
- Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched the Environmental Transparency Initiative on Tuesday, urging major artificial intelligence companies to publicly disclose their environmental impact and commit to powering data centers with renewable energy by 2030.
- Data centers needed to fuel artificial intelligence accounted for about 1.5% of global electricity consumption in 2025, with projections indicating they will consume nearly 3% of the world's electricity by 2030.
- These massive server warehouses could use enough water by 2030 to meet the basic needs of all 1.3 billion residents of Africa for an entire year, The United Nations study found.
- Challenging firms to "come clean" about their footprint, Guterres also called for urgent methane emission reductions, noting that fossil fuels drive both climate crisis and global energy instability.
- While proponents argue artificial intelligence could improve energy efficiency, Guterres warned the world remains "dangerously" off track for 2050 net-zero goals, urging an accelerated transition to renewable energy.
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AI companies should release environmental impact, commit to clean energy, says U.N. chief
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called on artificial intelligence companies to release information about the carbon pollution they create, along with the water and land used…
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UN Secretary General António Guterres called on AI giants to measure and publish the environmental footprint of their activities.
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