---
title: "Environmental Implications of the AI Boom"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/environmental-implications-of-the-ai-boom-2o7ncasr6
source_url: https://towardsdatascience.com/environmental-implications-of-the-ai-boom-279300a24184
type: article
source: "Medium"
published: 2024-05-03T04:44:42.587Z
updated: 2024-05-09T09:28:18.744Z
tags: ["ai", "manufacturing"]
reading_time: 8
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Environmental Implications of the AI Boom

**[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 8 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

The article discusses the environmental implications of the AI boom, focusing on the costs of the tech used to build and run AI, the impact of mining and manufacturing on the physical world, and the electricity consumption of AI models.

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