E-waste from AI boom and building data centers could stretch six times around the Earth by 2050, report warns

BAN says 87% of data center hardware isn't actually accounted for in most figuresEach 1GW of capacity equals 70,000 tonnes of hardwareAI hardware needs more frequent replacingA new Basel Action Network (BAN) report has claimed the ongoing AI boom could create a new stream of e-waste, with retired equipment from AI alone likely contributing 395-617... Weiterlesen