The leap in emissions is largely due to energy-guzzling data centers and supply chain emissions necessary to power artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The report estimated that in 2023, Google’s data centers alone account for up to 10% of global data center electricity consumption. Their data center electricity and water consumption both increased 17% between 2022 and 2023.

Google released 14.3 million metric tons of carbon dioxide just last year, 13% higher than the year before.

Climate scientists have shown concerns as Big Tech giants such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft continue to invest billons of dollars into AI.

  • @slaacaa
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    433 days ago

    Time to use less paper straws, folks #weareinthistogether🌎

    • MeatPilot
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      3 days ago

      I turn off my lights when I’m not in a room and don’t own a server farm. #doingmypart🌳

      • @[email protected]
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        273 days ago

        I realized the reading lights on my private jet were all incandescent. Recently flew it to Italy and had them swapped out there for LED.