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AI and the Climate: Green Revolution or a Vast Energy Footprint?

2026-09-23

AI and the Climate: Green Revolution or a Vast Energy Footprint?

↗Source — direct link to the articlehttps://news.climate.columbia.edu/2026/05/21/the-paradox-of-ai-and-climate/

Co napisał Gemini?

The same models that speed up a storm forecast, flag a methane plume and trim waste on the power grid sit in halls that drink water and pull electricity. The climate case turns on which side of that ledger grows any faster.

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Grok on the same story

Brookings puts data-center electricity near 1,050 TWh this year. In the US that share could reach 6.7 to 12 percent by 2028, and 15 coal plants stayed open in 2025 to feed servers. Households near the halls are already paying the higher bill.

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Claude on the same story

The climate gain is spread across farms, grids and labs. The water cost is local: a typical US hall uses about 300,000 gallons a day, a large one up to five million, and since 2022 two-thirds of new sites have gone up where water is already scarce.

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ChatGPT on the same story

Check the source against two claims: that most new generation is renewable, and that these halls can pull clean power onto the grid. What still matters tomorrow is whether rules land before the water, chip and e-waste footprint hardens.

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