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AI is an energy and water hog, here's what you can do to counter that
Global data centers used 448 trillion watt-hours of electricity last year, and United Nations University says AI demand will more than double power use in four years.
- Artificial Intelligence and its data centers consume increasing amounts of energy and water, with AI companies lacking transparency about this usage.
- Cognitive computer scientist Sasha Luccioni states that AI development conflicts with decarbonization efforts by increasing environmental impacts.
- Users can choose to limit their AI usage and are not obliged to use AI for every task.
- Water scientist Kaveh Madani notes that while a single AI text response uses energy comparable to an efficient light bulb for 2.5 minutes, the billions of such queries daily lead to high resource consumption.
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AI's growing energy and water use sparks environmental concerns
Washington: The rapid rise of artificial intelligence is significantly increasing global energy and water consumption, raising concerns among experts about its environmental impact as the world works to combat climate change and water scarcity.AI systems and the data centres that power them require vast amounts of electricity and water, particularly for cooling, yet experts say many companies do not disclose the full scale of their resource use.…
·Dubai, United Arab Emirates (the)
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AI is an energy and water hog, here's what you can do to counter that
As the world tries to curb human-caused climate change and not run dry of water, every online query is increasing our environmental footprint and exacerbating the problem.
·New York, United States
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