Futurology

1812 readers

199 users here now

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

126

Generative AI is reportedly tripling carbon dioxide emissions from data centers (www.techradar.com)

submitted 2 months ago by voidx to c/futurology

10 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] sartalon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

"A report from Morgan Stanley"

This reads like they are shooting from the hip this just like McKinsey.

Morgan Stanley is an investment company. So this was written for a purpose, with a predetermined outcome.

permalink
fedilink
source