UN report on AI environmental costs: Well-intentioned, poorly calculated

An AI data center is currently being built in Lübbenau, Brandenburg - for 11 billion euros (symbolic image). – All rights reserved: IMAGO / Jochen Eckel; Edited by: netzpolitik.orgA new UN report warns of the growing energy and water consumption of data centers due to the AI ​​boom. But instead of insisting on the responsibility of tech companies, he gives tips for users on how they could change their behavior. A missed opportunity, criticize researchers.