The environmental consequences of generative AI are severe, exacerbated by a lack of transparency from companies like Amazon Web Services, Google, and Microsoft regarding their emissions. Companies do not provide location-specific data on emissions, making it impossible to assess the carbon footprint of AI datacenters accurately. An analysis revealed that emissions from these datacenters are actually 662% higher than reported, raising concerns about accountability and the effectiveness of sustainability reports.
The environmental impact of AWS is not broken out specifically, and you can only find the emissions of Amazon overall, implying a lack of transparency.
An analysis conducted found that the actual emissions of data centers operated by AI leaders like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, are 662 percent higher than what's been officially reported.
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