As AI becomes more and more ubiquitous in our lives, it also leaves a large footprint on our environment. In Fall 2024, The Washington Post reported on the water and electricity consumption of AI data processing centers in their local communities:
A year earlier, in Fall 2023, Rolling Stone reported that Microsoft's own environmental report " revealed that its global water consumption spiked by more than a third from 2021 to 2022":
Google is planning to use nuclear power to fuel the energy needs of this technology as soon as 2035:
