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AI Impact Database
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Database topicUses

Organisations and services

The AI use of an organisation over one year, from the very small business to the large group, and of the services that employ it.

1 service, 1 year · servers worldwideAutomated customer service, 1 year28kgCO2eContent production16 kgAutomated customer service28 kgDocument assistant34 kgestimated1 service, 1 yearcalculation of the database
Electricity · 2025Emissions of one kilowatt-hour by country of the servers458gCO2e/kWhPoland589 gWorld458 gFrance41.4 gLife cycle, the same source everywhereEmber, 2025

Emissions of one year of use, 18 organisations and services

2 blocks of values, from the lightest to the heaviest. Each block has its own graduation or key; the heaviest of a block is redrawn as a dotted line at the head of the next block.

From 480 gCO2e to 12 kgCO2e7 organisations and services

  1. Very small business (5)480 gCO2e
  2. Website translation690 gCO2e
  3. Data analysis1.4 kgCO2e
  4. Process automation5.5 kgCO2e
  5. Training with an AI tutor6.5 kgCO2e
  6. Team of 12, 1 year7.1 kgCO2e
  7. SME of 50 people12 kgCO2e

From 16 kgCO2e to 4.8 tCO2e11 organisations and services

  1. SME of 50 peoplethe heaviest of the previous block12 kgCO2e

100 kgCO2e

  1. Content production16 kgCO2e
  2. Automated customer service28 kgCO2e
  3. Document assistant34 kgCO2e
  4. Meeting transcription36 kgCO2e
  5. Licences for everyone130 kgCO2e
  6. Mid-cap company of 500 people150 kgCO2e
  7. Retraining a model350 kgCO2e
  8. Large company (5,000)1.4 tCO2e
  9. Coding agents, one team1.8 tCO2e
  10. AI feature of a product3.7 tCO2e
  11. Hosted model4.8 tCO2e
One graduation or key per block of values. Default settings of each entry, over the life cycle. Servers worldwide. Calculation of the AI Impact Database of Projet Celsius.

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18 entries, each with its entry page: composition, assumptions and sources. With no named source, the value is a calculation of the database.

Organisations

Organisations by size4

Teams1

AI services of an organisation13

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Database topicPersonal use and subscriptionsPrevious topicThe 11 entriesDatabase topicCities, territories, populationsNext topicThe 15 entriesDatabase topicMajor AI servicesThe 8 entries

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The reference chartsFrom the pollution of each AI to the electricity used by data centres, each with its data and sources.See the chartsWorld mapsCarbon intensity of electricity, low-carbon share, water stress, country by country.Explore the mapsThe calculation toolsEstimate the footprint of your uses, compare the country of the servers, browse the orders of magnitude.Open the tools

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