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.

https://disconnect.blog/generative-ai-is-a-climate-disaster/

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Generative AI is a climate disaster

Tech companies are abandoning emissions pledges to chase AI market share

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@parismarx Not sure the problem is AI but it is the emissions. It could also be powered by renewables and the problem is that they use dirty energy. Not AI itself.