Robot Monkey Pants: The Atlantic on Instagram's power usage: "The University of East London estimated that every time Cristiano Ronaldo posts a photo on Instagram, the energy that would be needed to show the image to each of his followers—190 million at the time—could power a household for five to six years"

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.

Generative AI is a climate disasterdisconnect.blog Tech companies are abandoning emissions pledges to chase AI market share

What's the breakdown of GenAI power consumption vs Bitcoin mining?

Of course WIRED has an article Bitcoin uses 112.31 TWh annually AI servers could use between 85 to 134 Twh annually by 2027 in a middle-ground scenario Other resources, like water, also are impacted in both scenarios

AI vs Bitcoin mining: Which consumes more energy?wired.me If AI and crypto are the technological behemoths of our era, which one has a bigger appetite for energy?

The Atlantic on Instagram's power usage: "The University of East London estimated that every time Cristiano Ronaldo posts a photo on Instagram, the energy that would be needed to show the image to each of his followers—190 million at the time—could power a household for five to six years"

Every Time You Post to Instagram, You’re Turning on a Light Bulb Foreverwww.theatlantic.com Even simple actions online can take a toll on the environment.

Cloud computing Is vaporizing life on earth