Regulating AI use could stop its runaway energy expansion

By Shweta Singh, Assistant Professor, Information Systems and Management, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Frederik Dahlmann, Associate Professor of Strategy and Sustainability, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Generative AI promises to help solve everything from climate change to poverty. But behind every chatbot response lies a deep environmental cost.

Current AI technology requires the use of large datacentres stationed around the world, which altogether draw enormous amounts of power and consume millions of litres of water to stay cool. By 2030, datacentres are expect to consume as much electricity as all…

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