A group of more than 100 organizations has published an open letter calling on the industry of him and the regulators to mitigate the harmful environmental impacts of technology, just days before the leadership CEO of industry, heads of state, academics and Non -profit descends to Paris for a large conference of him.
The letter, which holds the signatures of prominent advocacy groups, including Amnesty International and the Institute of He now, notes that there is “increasing evidence” of the systems that grow emissions, “Closing in support in non -renewal and exhaustion of resources critical. However, there is little to address these negative externities as the technology sector and governments justify further investments in it, according to the letter.
“He can never be a” climate solution “if it works with fossil fuels,” the paper said. “We, the signatories, demand that the systems and it be made in accordance with our planetary boundaries.”
The signatories submit clear requirements, looking for other-in-farastructure, including data centers, to be without fossil fuel. The acceleration to build the infrastructure to develop and run it has strained electrical networks at the broken point, forcing some services to rely on coal and other environmentally friendly resources, notes the letters.
“Electricity consumption at the global data center can double to over 1,000 terava by 2026 – equivalent to the annual use of Japan’s electricity,” the letter said, citing data from the international energy agency. “In parts of the world, this growing demand is pushing the energy infrastructure into its borders, extending and intensifying our dependence on fossil fuels, the pollution from which it is related to public health issues.”
The letter also requires that governments and technology companies ensure that new databases do not impoverish water and land resources, and maintain transparency about the environmental impacts of it throughout the “life cycle”.
Most data centers, which can include millions of square meters, require a lot of water not only to cool the chips inside, but to maintain safe levels of moisture for computing equipment. According to one assessment, if 1 in 10 residents of the US Chatbot Chatgt AI was asked to write an email a week, would cost more than 435 million liters of water.
The letter signatories claim that their requirements “represent the bare minimum” needed to mitigate the continued damage from the uncontrolled expansion of it.
“Places and communities more vulnerable to rapid climate change must first be influenced by the damage of it and its calculation requirements, and they have less sayings in its development,” the letter said. “We have to go beyond seeing technological progress as useful or boundless, and rather give priority to the processes of one that contributes significantly to society by minimizing environmental and human damage.”
Unfortunately for the signatures, the US, where most of his key companies are based, has signaled to embrace growth at all costs.
President Donald Trump has said he will use an Energy Emergency statement to quickly approve new energy stations for him, including those who use coal for spare power. Trump has also promised to quickly pursue environmental approval and other permits for any company that makes a $ 1 billion or more domestic investment.
