"A report from Morgan Stanley suggests the datacenter industry is on track to emit 2.5 billion tons by 2030, which is three times higher than the predictions if generative AI had not come into play. The extra demand from GenAI will reportedly lead to a rise in emissions from 200 million tons this year to 600 million tons by 2030, thanks largely to the construction of more data centers to keep up with the demand for cloud services."
https://www.techradar.com/pro/generative-ai-triples-the-carbon-dioxide-emissions-from-data-centers
@gerrymcgovern For people who feel ashamed to fly because of the pollution flying causes. Please consider the fact that the world IT-infrastructure consumes the same amount of energy and causes the same amount of pollution as the entire aviation industry together. By the 2030 using AI will be thrice as polluting as flying.
Think about that!