AI's Carbon Shadow: The Hidden Emissions From Chip Manufacturing, Data Centers, and Global Networks
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A single H100 GPU weighs about 3 kilograms. To make it, TSMC and its suppliers will move roughly 30 kilograms of raw material, consume an estimated 1,200 to 1,500 kWh of electricity in fabrication, and generate somewhere between 150 and 250 kilograms of CO2e before the chip ever runs its first infe…
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AI's Carbon Shadow: The Hidden Emissions From Chip Manufacturing, Data Centers, and Global Networks