AI Chipmaking Emissions Surged Fourfold in 2024.
(www.greenpeace.org)
from Tea@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world on 10 Apr 11:27
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from Tea@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world on 10 Apr 11:27
https://programming.dev/post/28369032
Electricity consumption from the manufacture of artificial intelligence (AI) chips has soared by more than 350 percent worldwide between 2023 and 2024, according to new research from Greenpeace East Asia. In East Asia, the global hub for AI semiconductor production, growing electricity demand from AI chipmaking has been met primarily by fossil fuels, the research finds.
The report is the first of its kind to calculate global emissions from AI chipmaking.
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*gasping and heavy breathing*
Gemini… how do we fix… climate change?
*brief whirring of fan*
Turn me off, dumbass.