Topics
The impact of AI can be read through 6 topics: 4 environmental ones, the uses that drive them and the society that lives with them.
Electricity
Data centre demand, power grids and projections for 2030.
The focus areasDemand and projections · Data centres
Water
Water for cooling, for electricity generation and for chip manufacturing.
0.26mLWater for one question to GeminiElsworth et al. (Google)
Climate
Greenhouse gas emissions, and how to count them.
1.14gCO2eCarbon footprint of one Le Chat answer, over its life cycleMistral AI
Hardware
Chips, servers, metals: the share that does not show on the meter.
The focus areasSemiconductors · Metals and resources
Uses
A question, an image, a video: what each one costs.
The focus areasOnline services · Research and education
Across the hub
AI Impact DatabaseAll the figures, their methodology and their sources.AI Ranking10 assistants rated out of 100: performance, ethics and environment.
AnalysesThe signed pieces: analyses, viewpoints, "Where does this figure come from?".
Charts and mapsThe reference visuals, with their data and sources.
ToolsOpen calculations, your assumptions on the left, the result on the right.
A question about a figure?
An error, a source to add, a methodology question, a press request: write to us. Guillaume Pakula, Clément Reynaud, Sébastien Pierfederici and Alexandre Veilly will reply.
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