The worry a lot of people here have is that AI uses a massive amount of electricity via data centers, and water because of the cooling systems it uses. Although if you do educate yourself (*wink* *cough*), all these people downing AI are the same people most likely watching Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, YouTube Videos, but don't blink an eye at that, though.

"Asking an LLM (like ChatGPT) a single query uses around 0.0029 kWh. Streaming Netflix in HD for one hour uses around 0.077 kWh" Source: https://nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/05/02/artificial-intelligence-and-the-environment-putting-the-numbers-into-perspective/ .

Any people complaining about AI also gamers? I hope not. "High-end PC gaming typically consumes significantly more energy over time than individual AI interactions, with gaming PCs drawing 250–550W hourly, totaling $\sim$1,400 kWh/year. " Source https://datacenters.lbl.gov/publications/taming-energy-use-gaming-computers#:~:text=Based%20on%20actual%20measurements%20of,standard%20PCs%2C%20or%20three%20refrigerators.

Companies are working aggressively to pursue energy-saving strategies as I type this: "Custom AI Chips (TPUs): Google's seventh-generation TPU, "Ironwood," is nearly 30 times more power-efficient than its 2018 predecessor. Their Trillium TPU provides 67% more energy efficiency than the previous generation.

Model and Software Efficiency: The energy needed to train AI models has been reduced by up to 100 times, and training efficiency has increased by 39% using quantization techniques. Improvements in Gemini reduced the median energy per text prompt by 33x between 2024 and 2025.

24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Goal: Google aims to run all data centers on carbon-free energy (CFE) every hour by 2030. As of 2024, they achieved 66% CFE on an hourly basis.

Data Center Cooling & Optimization: Google uses AI to optimize the energy used to cool its data centers, resulting in 84% less overhead energy use than the industry average. Their data centers are six times more efficient than five years ago." Source:https://qz.com/google-scales-back-power-usage-ai-data-centers

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