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Same AI request emits 8.5 times more CO2 in Texas than Sweden
Original: New open-source method shows the same AI request emits 8.5 times more CO₂ in Texas than in Sweden
Researchers at the Stockholm Environment Institute have released an open-source method for estimating the carbon footprint of individual AI requests. Using it, they found that an identical AI query can generate 8.5 times more CO2 emissions when handled in Texas than in Sweden, reflecting how much the local electricity mix powering data centres shapes the climate cost of AI use.
Why now: Growing concern about the energy and environmental costs of AI is driving interest in tools that measure it
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- New open-source method shows the same AI request emits 8.5 times more CO₂ in Texas than in Sweden · Stockholm Environment Institute
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