{"id":397903,"date":"2025-08-26T16:33:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=397903"},"modified":"2025-08-26T16:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:33:07","slug":"can-pr-rehabilitate-big-techs-dirty-ai-carbon-splurge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=397903","title":{"rendered":"Can PR Rehabilitate Big Tech\u2019s Dirty AI Carbon Splurge?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" data-attachment-id=\"397906\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=397906\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0-pigs-4.jpg?fit=720%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0, pigs 4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0-pigs-4.jpg?fit=720%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0-pigs-4.jpg?resize=720%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A row of robotic pigs made of metal, working in a dark, underground setting, transporting coal along a conveyor belt.\" class=\"wp-image-397906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0-pigs-4.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0-pigs-4.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0-pigs-4.jpg?resize=600%2C800&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0-pigs-4.jpg?resize=450%2C600&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0-pigs-4.jpg?resize=300%2C400&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0-pigs-4.jpg?resize=150%2C200&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2025\/08\/25\/can-clever-pr-rehabilitate-big-techs-ai-carbon-footprint\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=can-clever-pr-rehabilitate-big-techs-ai-carbon-footprint\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Essay by<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/author\/eworrall1\/\">Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Will anyone still believe big tech claims they care about the environment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Big Tech is betting billions on AI \u2014 but can climate promises keep up?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The technology\u2019s breakneck growth is testing tech giants\u2019 climate credentials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latitudemedia.com\/authors\/jon-goldberg\/\">JON GOLDBERG<\/a><br>AUGUST 22, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artificial intelligence is sparking a once-in-a-generation economic opportunity. Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Meta are together&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/02\/08\/tech-megacaps-to-spend-more-than-300-billion-in-2025-to-win-in-ai.html\">projected to invest<\/a>&nbsp;more than $300 billion in AI and data center infrastructure in 2025, and AI is expected to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwc.com\/gx\/en\/issues\/analytics\/assets\/pwc-ai-analysis-sizing-the-prize-report.pdf\">add more than $15 trillion<\/a>&nbsp;to the global economy by 2030.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A cynical narrative has emerged that chasing AI\u2019s promise means abandoning decarbonization. Recent trends give some credence to this view. Google\u2019s emissions&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latitudemedia.com\/news\/google-just-released-numbers-on-ai-and-emissions-and-they-arent-good\/\">jumped 48%<\/a>&nbsp;from 2019 to 2023 and Microsoft\u2019s emissions&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latitudemedia.com\/news\/microsoft-reveals-the-energy-impact-of-artificial-intelligence\/\">rose 30%<\/a>&nbsp;since 2019 due to AI-supported data center expansion. Amazon\u2019s emissions&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latitudemedia.com\/news\/power-is-aws-single-biggest-constraint\/\">also increased<\/a>&nbsp;in 2024, partially driven by new data center construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reality, however, is more nuanced. Near-term emissions are increasing, but leading hyperscalers are doubling down on clean energy and decarbonization, simply because their AI ambitions depend on it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026Read more:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latitudemedia.com\/news\/big-tech-is-betting-billions-on-ai-but-can-climate-promises-keep-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.latitudemedia.com\/news\/big-tech-is-betting-billions-on-ai-but-can-climate-promises-keep-up\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time Magazine also focuses on Google.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AUG 22, 2025 11:51 PM AET<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What To Know About Google\u2019s AI Climate Footprint<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/section\/climate\">CLIMATE<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/tag\/co2-leadership-report\">LEADERSHIP REPORT<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/author\/justin-worland\/\">Justin Worland<\/a><br>SENIOR CORRESPONDENT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/section\/climate\/\">climate<\/a>&nbsp;concerned, the rise of the AI-reliant internet query is a cause for alarm. Many people have turned to ChatGPT and other services for simple questions. And even basic Google searches include an AI-derived result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google\u2019s progress boils down to two levers: cleaner power and more efficient chips and query crunching.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But then there\u2019s the company\u2019s efficiency measures. In energy circles, efficiency tends to refer to simply using less energy and making energy hardware run more productively\u2014think of climate control or better insulation. While Google has done some of that, the most impressive efficiency gains have come through the AI ecosystem rather than the energy system. The company has created its own chips\u2014which it calls TPUs, as opposed to broadly used GPUs. Those chips have become more efficient over time\u2014some 30 times more efficient since 2018, according to Google\u2019s sustainability&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstatic.com\/gumdrop\/sustainability\/google-2025-environmental-report.pdf\">report<\/a>. The company has also improved the efficiency of its models using techniques that crunch queries differently, thereby reducing the needed compute power. And a few weeks ago the company announced a program to shift data center demand to times when the electricity grid is less stressed.&nbsp;<br><br>\u2026Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7311600\/google-ai-climate-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/time.com\/7311600\/google-ai-climate-impact\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem with these claims are they implicitly suggest AI is a fixed quantity \u2013 if the chips are 30x more efficient, that means you need 30x less power right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only if AI use has peaked \u2013 which seems unlikely. More likely, any efficiency gains just mean you don\u2019t have to divert as much fossil fuel power plant electricity to the cooling system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve no doubt the current AI boom contains a lot of bubble, but AI is here to stay. I\u2019m using increasing amounts of AI in my daily work, as are a lot of people. The image at the top of this article was generated using AI. That AI summary at the top of your search results is starting to become useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Given soaring tech giant carbon footprints, do you believe tech giant claims they\u2019re suddenly going to decarbonise it all away? Or is it more likely they\u2019ll continue to swill cheap energy like pigs in the trough, while their PR departments work overtime trying to maintain a facade of green caring and sharing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-watts-up-with-that wp-block-embed-watts-up-with-that\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"LktWgM2uZG\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2024\/07\/03\/google-damage-control-over-ai-driven-48-co2-emissions-surge\/\">Google Damage Control Over AI Driven 48% CO2 Emissions Surge<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Google Damage Control Over AI Driven 48% CO2 Emissions Surge&#8221; &#8212; Watts Up With That?\" 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