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.

  • sunzu2
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    14 days ago

    Cities don’t build power plants generally esp not large scale fossil fuel type

      • sunzu2
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        12 days ago

        That’s right and that’s why they should be charged premium for their vanity exercises instead of being subsidized by the taxpayers