Systems Engineering Program

Growth of AI in US may emit 24-44 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide yearly

Data centers have huge water and carbon impacts

Bezos’s Blue Origin postpones second rocket launch over poor weather

‘It’s Not Too Late’: New Cornell Study Maps the Environmental Cost of AI and How Policy Could Limit the Damage

If the US has to build data centers, here’s where they should go

Ecology COP30 kicks off as our emissions increase (also because of AI)

3-year study maps CO2 spikes from AI data center boom

Powering AI Could Soon Use as Much Water as 10 Million Americans

AI power use forecast finds the industry far off track to net zero

‘Roadmap’ shows the environmental impact of AI data center boom

Researchers used advanced data analytics to create a state-by-state look at that environmental impact of the AI boom and how to make the computing infrastructure that supports it more sustainable.