Emissions From Big Tech Companies Rose 150% in 3 Years as AI Booms, UN Report Found

Emissions from Big Tech companies rose 150% in 3 years as AI booms, UN report found

The world’s biggest tech companies saw their indirect carbon emissions grow by 150 per cent from 2020 to 2023 as AI use expands, a new UN report found.

Carbon Emissions And ICT Sustainable Development - Global Upfront Newspapers

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sustainable development by 2030 is being threatened. Reasons? Carbon emissions are on the rise and may further increase thereby reducing the speed of development as the problem had to be addressed and threats removed to gain momentum in the growth of ICT. Inspite of the manifest progress recorded so far in the efforts to bridge the digital divide especially in connecting …

Tech Giants' Indirect Emissions Rose 150% In Three Years

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Indirect carbon emissions from the operations of four of the leading AI-focused tech companies rose on average by 150% from 2020-2023, due to the demands of power-hungry data centers, a United Nations report (PDF) said on Thursday. The use of artific...

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