British government asks people to delete old emails to reduce data centres' water use
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as ‘data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems’.
Is AI Art Sustainable?
A trio of specialists discusses how artists can respond to the environmental cost of generative AI with Diane Drubay
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents
1M AI Images = Water for 2,000 People. Still Worth the Likes? - OnFocus
1M AI Images = Water for 2,000 People. Still Worth the Likes? The Viral Trend with a Hidden Cost Social media is awash with AI-generated Studio Ghibli
On the (im)possibility of sustainable artificial intelligence
Why it does not make sense to move faster when heading the wrong way.
As lithium mining bleeds Atacama salt flat dry, Indigenous communities hit back
You could be forgiven for thinking there’s no water in the Atacama Desert. In fact, the driest desert on Earth has underground springs that feed the Chaxa, Cejar and Tebenquiche lagoons, as well as other bodies of water, providing oases for various animals such as flamingos and extremophiles. It’s said that the ancestors of the […]
Ireland's data centres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity grid
Climate-impacting emissions are being released from data centres using off-grid generators.
Why We Don’t Know AI's True Water Footprint
Miranda Gabbott asks, by choosing AI industry-driven growth today, will urban planners in Spain jeopardize their water tomorrow?