UN Report Warns AI Could Consume Drinking Water for 1.3 Billion People by 2030★ 72
INSIDE 硬塞 AI·4 hours ago·Ethics
INSIDE summarizes a United Nations University report arguing that AI’s environmental cost cannot be measured by carbon alone.
The report projects AI-supporting data centers could use 945 TWh of electricity annually by 2030, while cooling water demand may exceed the annual drinking-water needs of 1.3 billion people.
It also says inference dominates lifecycle energy use and that concentrated cloud infrastructure deepens global inequality.
