This is a nice piece to keep at hand as it deftly lays out the ravages of AI on the environment. Even easier to digest for those of us seeing data centers (almost literally) gobble up our backyards.
Google’s emissions are up 48% in 5 years. Microsoft’s are up 30% since 2020. Those soaring figures are being driven by mass investments in data centers to power AI tools.
Generative AI is a climate disaster and data center expansion must be stopped.
