{"id":48918,"date":"2024-07-03T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T11:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=48918"},"modified":"2024-07-03T12:00:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T11:00:24","slug":"ai-energy-demand-googles-emissions-climb-by-nearly-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/ai-energy-demand-googles-emissions-climb-by-nearly-50\/48918\/","title":{"rendered":"AI energy demand: Google\u2019s emissions climb by nearly 50%"},"content":{"rendered":"
The AI energy demand is also making it more difficult for the company to meet its net zero 2030 goals, according to a new Google report<\/a>.<\/p>\n The annual report was released yesterday and covers Google\u2019s progress toward meeting its environmental goals last year.<\/p>\n The Alphabet Inc. unit said its greenhouse gas emissions totalled 14.3 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent throughout 2023.<\/p>\n This is 48% higher than in 2019 and 13% higher than in 2022.<\/p>\n AI \u2014 and in particular generative AI, which takes in user inputs and spits out new content like text, images or songs \u2014 is extremely resource-intensive<\/p>\nWhy is AI energy demand so high?<\/h3>\n