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

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.

  • @[email protected]English
    1•2 months ago

    What else would they use? Thats what’s available

    Because they can build more capacity based on a long term contract with the utilities.

    • sunzu2
      1•2 months ago

      That’s just how things are… Fuck your peasants