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"global data centers used 448 trillion watt-hours of electricity, [which] produced about 208 million tons of carbon dioxide, about the same amount as Argentina...If data centers were a country, the country would be projected to rank sixth-highest in power use in 2030." www.wcvb.com/article/un-c...
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UN calculates nation-sized environmental footprints for AI, data centers
Global data centers used 448 trillion watt-hours of electricity in 2025, more than all but 10 countries of the world, said a U.N. report.