"one of the most underexplored consequences of AI’s rapid expansion: the environmental footprints of the energy required to power it." - not if you ask indigenous and other minority communities bearing the brunt of it in terms of consequences and data centre placement!
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AI’s rapid growth drives huge energy, water, and land use, raising environmental and equity challenges across its global infrastructure.
#UN scientists: "... the global infrastructure powering #AI, could consume 945 terawatt-hours of electricity annually by 2030 – nearly triple the combined annual electricity use of Pakistan, Bangladesh, & Nigeria, countries collectively home to more than 650 million people" unu.edu/inweh/news/e...
