Nearly four years after ChatGPT’s launch, a new UN study warns the AI boom could consume water equal to the basic needs of 1.5 billion people, generate millions of tons of e-waste and widen the gap between rich and poor nations

Nearly four years after ChatGPT’s launch, a new UN study warns the AI boom could consume water equal to the basic needs of 1.5 billion people, generate millions of tons of e-waste…

A UN report projects AI data centers will consume 945 TWh of electricity and 9.3 trillion liters of water annually by 2030, with major implications for