Big Tech emissions rose 150% in 3 years as AI booms, UN body says
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The world’s biggest tech companies saw their indirect carbon emissions grow by 150 per cent from 2020 to 2023 as AI use expands, a new UN report found.

The world’s biggest tech companies saw their indirect carbon emissions grow by 150 per cent from 2020 to 2023 as AI use expands, a new UN report found.

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  • ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world
    3·
    17 days ago

    indirect carbon emissions

    one would think that it was actually methane emissions that increased substantially, what with all the bullshit flying around about the “promising value of ai”.

  • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    2·
    17 days ago

    Given the state of the biosphere today and the complete lack of concern from any of these unnacountable corporations, there is only one logical and ethical thing to do with these data centers.