DOSSIER

AI can help save the climate — and it also warms it.

The honest ledger: where artificial intelligence genuinely fights global warming, and where its data centers are part of the problem. No greenwashing.

How AI helps

~1.400 Mt
CO₂ that AI applications could help avoid by 2035 (IEA)
25%
of detected methane leaks are recurrent and cheap to fix (Carbon Mapper)
−10%
reduction in solar-forecast error, freeing the grid from fossil backup (Open Climate Fix)
2,2 M
new stable materials predicted in 17 days (DeepMind GNoME)

What AI costs

485 → 950 TWh
data-center electricity will double between 2025 and 2030 (IEA)
1,5–3 M m³
of water per year for a 100 MW AI data center
300–500 Mt
data-center CO₂ emissions by 2035 (IEA)
~3%
of global electricity used by data centers in 2030
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More on AI & Climate

Sources: IEA Energy and AI (2025) · DeepMind · Carbon Mapper · Imazon · Open Climate Fix.

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