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AI Searches Spike Energy, Water Use; Users Can Opt-Out

6/26/2026

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Sasha Luccioni of Sustainable AI Group and Mosharaf Chowdhury of University of Michigan say AI queries raise resource use and hide energy-water costs.
Ana Pinheiro Privette, former AWS official, says users can opt out of AI by adding “-ai” to Google searches.
Kaveh Madani, co-author of a United Nations University report, says data centers consumed 448 trillion watt-hours of electricity last year and will need 2.5 trillion gallons of water by 2030.

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Sasha Luccioni of Sustainable AI Group and Mosharaf Chowdhury of University of Michigan say AI queries raise resource use and hide energy-water costs.
Ana Pinheiro Privette, former AWS official, says users can opt out of AI by adding “-ai” to Google searches.
Kaveh Madani, co-author of a United Nations University report, says data centers consumed 448 trillion watt-hours of electricity last year and will need 2.5 trillion gallons of water by 2030.