Artificial intelligence could drastically cut carbon emissions despite its high power demand by making transport, energy, and agriculture more efficient, research suggested.
The International Energy Agency predicts that data center energy use will double by 2030, and AI’s energy needs are already putting pressure on the US grid. But a study found that if AI can be used to forecast energy supply and demand fluctuations, it could save billions of tons of carbon a year; it could also help design artificial proteins to reduce reliance on meat and dairy, and streamline transport by improving battery tech.
Such improvements could save more carbon annually by 2035 than the European Union’s entire output, modeling predicted.
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