AI brings soaring emissions for Google and Microsoft, a major contributor to climate change

One ChatGPT query uses approximately as much electricity as could light one light bulb for about 20 minutes. This amount is nearly 10 times as much as a Google search query, according to a report by Goldman Sachs.

Google's emissions increased by 48% since 2019, primarily due to increased data center energy consumption and supply chain emissions driven by rapid advancements in and demand for artificial intelligence.