This growth is due to the consumption of AI data centers.

Google's 2030 carbon neutrality target is in jeopardy after the company's latest environmental report showed a 48 percent increase in greenhouse gas emissions since 2019. A writes guardian.

According to the company, the main reason for this is the increased energy demand for data centers serving AI projects and related infrastructure. In 2023 alone, emissions increased by 13 percent compared to the previous year, to reach 14.3 million tons.

Google's AI could consume as much energy as the entire country of Ireland in a year

According to a recent study, a very large number of GPUs would be needed to run Google’s AI, which would significantly increase the amount of energy the company uses. It’s not yet clear what could lead to the improvement.

According to the tech company, achieving so-called net-zero emissions (removing an amount of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere equivalent to emissions) by 2030 is a “very ambitious” goal and “will not be easy.” They also said there is “a great deal of uncertainty” about the goal, including “uncertainty about the future environmental impacts of AI, which are complex and difficult to predict.”

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