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A new peer-reviewed estimate of what data centres will pump out in climate pollution - Between 300 to 1,300 mtco2-e per year, by 2035 (IEA scenarios) Mckinsey scenarios: - 3,000 by 2035 - 30,000 by 2045 arxiv.org/pdf/2608.14421 limited.systems/articles/ai-...

CJ@mateloos.be

“Zelfs de uitstoot volgens de conservatieve IAE-scenario’s met beperkte groei ligt in de orde van grootte van 1 GtCO₂e per jaar en is onaanvaardbaar in het licht van het wereldwijde koolstofbudget”, schrijft [professor Wim Vanderbauwhede] in zijn paper. 48hrs #Climate #AI gift link:

apache.beGeplande AI-datacenters bedreigen haalbaarheid van klimaatdoelenComputerwetenschapper Wim Vanderbauwhede zet het debat over de klimaatimpact van AI op scherp.

KetAnthropic JoshAI

@ketanjoshi.co

20h

China's emissions in 2024 were 12,000 mtco2-e US: 4,904 Russia: 1,780 to give you some scale on this

KetAnthropic JoshAI

@ketanjoshi.co

19h

IEA is roughly aligned with En-ROADS middle scenario en-roads.climateinteractive.org/scenario.htm...

KetAnthropic JoshAI

@ketanjoshi.co

19h

Not a published paper but this estimates 2026 whole-industry emissions for AI to be around 650 MTCO2-e - about 10x this similar whole-industry lifecycle estimate for global gaming Keep it in your pocket for the next whataboutism encounter substack.com/home/post/p-... arxiv.org/pdf/2608.19040

KetAnthropic JoshAI

@ketanjoshi.co

40% of gaming's total global CO2-e footprint comes specifically from my personal laptop as it melts when I try to play RDR2 on minimum settings

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Zamafir

@zamafir.bsky.social

16h

😆 On a serious note, limiting my rig to 60 fps reduced GPU usage almost 50%, I kinda wonder what could be done there to help folks reduce their energy use and game.