"Recently, a study was conducted by researchers at the University of Massachusetts to determine how much energy is used to train certain popular large AI models. According to the results, training can produce
about 626,000 pounds of carbon dioxide, or the equivalent of around 300 round-trip flights between New York and San Francisco – nearly 5 times the lifetime emissions of the average car."
-The Real Environment Impact of AI
"A recent study conducted by Cornell University scientists found that training LLMs like GPT-3 consumed an amount of electricity equivalent to
500 metric tons of carbon, which amounts to 1.1 million pounds. A
typical coal-fueled power plant working continuously for 24 hours burns about 2.7 million pounds of coal"
-AI's CArbon Footprint Appears More Likely Alarming