Amid Debate Over Scope, Environmentalists Try To Prevent AI GHG Spike

Environmentalists are floating recommendations for preventing power demand linked to artificial intelligence (AI) from spiking greenhouse gas emissions and consumer energy bills, even as experts are engaged in wide-ranging debates about the extent of such demand increases compared with other sectors. The recommendations include a call for requirements to ensure that data centers are supplied by “new” clean power, and for establishing special rate classes for the facilities. But the pitch comes as some observers also suggest AI could be...