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Concerns about the energy cost of an individual LLM prompt are no longer credible, though the environmental impact of the AI datacenter buildout remains a real worry.

Drawn from what Hannah Ritchie and Simon Willison said

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    Hannah Ritchie 6 May 2025

    Unless you’re an extreme power user, asking AI questions every day is still a rounding error on your total electricity footprint.

    What's the carbon footprint of using ChatGPT?hannahritchie.substack.com

  2. 4 months earlier
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    Simon Willison 31 Dec 2024

    There’s still plenty to worry about with respect to the environmental impact of the great AI datacenter buildout, but a lot of the concerns over the energy cost of individual prompts are no longer credible.

    Things we learned about LLMs in 2024simonwillison.net

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