NVIDIA’S AI Climate hoax – report

Ketan Joshi · 16 Sept 2026

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Our reading
The climate impact from NVIDIA's AI products in 2025 is comparable to that of a major state-owned coal company.

Their wordswe produced our own conservative estimate, finding that the climate impact from 2025's use of NVIDIA'S AI products is on par with the state-owned Russian Coal company.
Our reading
Claims that AI will be a net benefit for the climate lack strong supporting evidence.

Their wordswe explore and contest all these claims, which we contend are not supported by strong evidence.

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