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Experts warn AI emissions to grow sixfold by 2030
Original: Le Monde: Experts warn AI to emit six times more CO₂ in 2030 than in 2025 https://www. lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2 02
According to Le Monde, experts warn that artificial intelligence could emit six times more CO₂ in 2030 than in 2025, as energy-hungry data centres expand rapidly. The projection highlights the widening environmental cost of AI adoption, and readers are sharing the report amid ongoing debate over big tech's climate commitments.
Why now: Concerns over AI's rapidly growing energy use and climate impact are intensifying as data centre expansion accelerates.
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- Le Monde: Experts warn AI to emit six times more CO₂ in 2030 than in 2025 https://www. lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2 026/10/01/ai-to-emit-six-times-more-co-in-2030-than-in-2025-experts-warn_6758128_13.html @ lemonde # climate # BigTech · AAKL@infosec.exchange · 4
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