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.

  • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
    726·
    2 months ago

    …and all so they can steal our collective content, creativity, and every piece of individual thought or content we’ve ever communicated online.

    …with the aim of exploiting it to make billionaires richer.

      • zout@fedia.io
        222·
        2 months ago

        Still, open source AI will still help the same companies getting richer because the needed computing power can be found in these data centers. The companies don’t even care if it’s AI, crypto or whatever the next thing is, as long as it needs lots of power and bandwidth.

        • delirious_owl@discuss.online
          106·
          2 months ago

          I don’t care if our open source tools are used by rich people. That’s kinda the point. Everyone can use them.