AI's Environmental Impact

AI Is Wreaking Havoc on Global Power SystemsNew artificial intelligence data centers are coming online so fast that the electricity demand is straining global power grids and threatening clean energy goals.

Explained: Generative AI’s environmental impactMIT News explores the environmental and sustainability implications of generative AI technologies and applications.

Generative AI’s environmental costs are soaring — and mostly secretFirst-of-its-kind US bill would address the environmental costs of the technology, but there’s a long way to go.

AI has an environmental problem. Here’s what the world can do about that.The sprawling data centres that house AI servers churn out toxic electronic waste and are voracious consumers of electricity, which in most places is still produced from fossil fuels.

AI brings soaring emissions for Google and Microsoft, a major contributor to climate changeThe tech giants both report surges in greenhouse gas emissions as they double-down on adding artificial intelligence to all of their products.

How Memphis became a battleground over Elon Musk's xAI supercomputerA massive project headed by Elon Musk in Memphis, Tenn., to power AI has moved at breakneck speed. But it's stirring controversy around pollution emissions. The EPA says it's looking into it.

The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates | Mariana MazzucatoBig tech is playing its part in reaching net zero targets, but its vast new datacentres are run at huge cost to the environment, says economics professor Mariana Mazzucato

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