Exclusive eBook: We did the math on AI’s energy footprint.

In this exclusive subscirber-only ebook you’ll learn how the emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.

by James O’Donnell and Casey Crownhart May 20, 2025

Table of contents

Part One: Making the model

Part Two: A Query

Part Three: Fuel and emissions

Part Four: The future ahead

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