Chasing Carbon: The Elusive Environmental Footprint of Computing · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2011.02839/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTChasing Carbon: The Elusive Environmental Footprint of Computing — mentioned by thelastgallonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39314489urn:hackerpapers:mention:2011.02839:39314489Fri, 09 Feb 2024 13:13:18 GMT<p>AI is power hungry, AI will accelerate carbon emissions. Expected ICT projects by 2030, energy demand will be 20%. This paper was before AI. If this is revised with the AI demand growth projections, its quite possibly a lot more. If Sam Altman starts on his $7T chip plan, that alone will add 10 - 20%. [1] Chasing Carbon: The Elusive Environmental Footprint of Computing: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2011.02839.pdf [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39310563</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2011.02839/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.ARChasing Carbon: The Elusive Environmental Footprint of Computing — mentioned by thelastgallonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37203820urn:hackerpapers:mention:2011.02839:37203820Sun, 20 Aug 2023 23:10:25 GMT<p>It is expected to be 7% (optimistic) - 20% (expected) of global electricity demand by 2030[1] [1]Chasing Carbon: The Elusive Environmental Footprint of Computing: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2011.02839.pdf</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2011.02839/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.AR