A study finds that growing demand for electricity to power AI data centers contributes harmful air pollution. Without cleaner power, the health toll will grow.
The energy required for artificial intelligence causes air pollution from fossil-fueled power sources, a new study has found, and the authors warn that as AI grows so will the health burden from air pollution unless data centers use cleaner power.Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, and CalTech project that growing demand for power for the AI boom could result in as many as 1,300 premature deaths and billions of dollars in health costs in the U.S.
Panelists from AI leaders including Microsoft and Salesforce stressed their commitments to ambitious climate goals and investments to develop clean-energy sources for data centers.Microsoft Vice President of Energy Bobby Hollis said AI's rapid growth means emissions are 'growing slightly more quickly than we expected.
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