Tech giants see emissions surge 150 percent in 3 years amid AI boom: UN

Al Jazeera • June 7, 2025

Artificial intelligence, cloud computing and data centres led to a spike in electricity demand between 2020 and 2023.

The United Nations digital agency says that operational carbon emissions for the worlds top tech companies rose an average of 150 percent between 2020 and 2023 as investments in artificial intelligen… [+3019 chars]

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