Research suggest data centers will emit 2.5 billion tons of greenhouse gas by 2030

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20289663

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.

    • postmateDumbass@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      We never actually used large numbers of monkeys paired with typewritters to produce new literature.

      Why? Because it would have wasted all the bananas to produce a bunch of shit.

      That is all this level of AI is really equivilant to.

      Throwing pudding at a wall, deciding if that toss is closer to the goal than before, changing something, then repeating.

      Maybe dont waste the resources until the process is more efficient.