Tag: environmental impact
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Cloud Blog: How Google Cloud measures its climate impact through Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/sustainability/google-cloud-measures-its-climate-impact-through-life-cycle-assessment/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How Google Cloud measures its climate impact through Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Feedly Summary: As AI creates opportunities for business growth and societal benefits, we’re working to reduce their carbon intensity through efforts like optimizing software, improving hardware efficiency, and supporting our operations with carbon-free energy. At Google,…
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Scott Logic: There is more than one way to do GenAI
Source URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2025/02/20/there-is-more-than-one-way-to-do-genai.html Source: Scott Logic Title: There is more than one way to do GenAI Feedly Summary: AI doesn’t have to be brute forced requiring massive data centres. Europe isn’t necessarily behind in AI arms race. In fact, the UK and Europe’s constraints and focus on more than just economic return and speculation might…
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AlgorithmWatch: Fighting the Power Deficiency: The AI Energy Crisis
Source URL: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/explainer-ai-energy-consumption/ Source: AlgorithmWatch Title: Fighting the Power Deficiency: The AI Energy Crisis Feedly Summary: Is AI contributing to solving the climate crisis or to making it worse? Either way, the increase in AI applications goes hand in hand with the need for additional data centers, for which energy resources are currently lacking. AI…
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Hacker News: Linux kernel could cut energy use in data centres by up to 30 per cent
Source URL: https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/cheriton-school-computer-science-researchers-update-linux Source: Hacker News Title: Linux kernel could cut energy use in data centres by up to 30 per cent Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Researchers have enhanced the Linux kernel to improve data center energy efficiency significantly, potentially reducing consumption by up to 30%. This innovation can have…
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The Register: AI agents? Yes, let’s automate all sorts of things that don’t actually need it
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/27/ai_agents_automate_argument/ Source: The Register Title: AI agents? Yes, let’s automate all sorts of things that don’t actually need it Feedly Summary: OpenAI’s Operator a solution in search of a problem Opinion The “agentic era," as Nvidia’s Jim Fan and others have referred to the current evolutionary state of generative artificial intelligence (AI), is…
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The Register: Analysts say real datacenter emissions are a dirty secret
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/22/datacenter_emissions_not_accurate/ Source: The Register Title: Analysts say real datacenter emissions are a dirty secret Feedly Summary: Amazon doesn’t break out figures, but then again neither do Microsoft nor Google As more businesses shift an ever greater number of workloads to the cloud, hyperscalers aren’t doing enough to help CIOs or tech buyers, who…