‘Is AI Throwing Climate Change Under the Bus?’ – ‘Spoiler alert: Yes’

Is AI Throwing Climate Change Under the Bus?

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Inside Climate News: Spoiler alert: Yes, AI is bad for the climate. AI’s computing power relies on massive data centers that use enormous amounts of electricity and water. The Trump administration wants that energy to come from burning fossil fuels, rather than renewable sources. Where does that leave the climate and communities caught in the crosshairs?

Executive editor Vernon Loeb sits down with Dan Gearino, ICN’s clean energy reporter; Arcelia Martin, who covers renewable energy in Texas; and Alabama reporter Lee Hedgepeth, who has been writing about a controversial data center planned in his state.

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