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The environmental impact of Artificial Intelligence
2025-08-23 13:07:57 / MISTERE&KURIOZITETE
Executing a single query on Google’s chatbot, Gemini, consumes about the same amount of energy as watching 9 seconds of television. Google says a text query through Gemini uses about 0.24 watt-hours of energy. The energy emitted by using AI generates about 0.03 grams of carbon dioxide. The AI chatbot also consumes 0.26 milliliters of water, or about five drops of water per query.
These are the company's official data, which measured the energy of the equipment and the water used by the data centers for cooling the servers.
The company claims that its energy and water use for AI is “significantly lower than many public estimates.” However, experts raise concerns about this situation and state that the real data is much higher. A study by the nonprofit Institute for Electric Power Research estimates that a request to OpenAI’s ChatGPT uses 2.9 watt-hours of energy, almost twice as much as Google.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts that energy demand will double over the next five years, reaching 945 terawatt-hours per year. Practically all of Japan's electricity consumption.
Google says its AI models are becoming more efficient. However, the study does not show the total number of requests Gemini receives each day, which would give a better indication of total energy demand.
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