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AI’s 2025 Emissions May Match New York City as Study Tallies Carbon and Water Toll

A peer-reviewed study quantifies AI’s 2025 resource toll, prompting fresh scrutiny of corporate transparency.

Goldman Sees AI Data Center Boom Hitting a Power Bottleneck

Google’s Per‑Prompt AI Energy Number Prompts Scrutiny Over What’s Missing

Google Releases Per‑Prompt Footprint for Gemini Text Queries

U.S. Faces Steep Electricity Cost Rise Without $1.4 Trillion AI Power Build-Out

SZA’s AI Warning Prompts Calls to Regulate xAI’s Memphis Data Center

Reasoning-Enabled AI Systems Emit Up to 50 Times More CO₂ Than Concise Models

Generative AI Drives Surge in Data Center Energy Use and Emissions