Startups Are Deploying AI to Cut Carbon Emissions

Artificial intelligence’s power-hungry nature has earned it a reputation as a climate pariah. Training a single model can use more electricity than 100 US homes in an entire year.

As the world’s demand for AI grows, so will data centers’ energy consumption, which is projected to more than double by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency. That will have a material impact on the energy transition: A new report from BloombergNEF estimates that over the next decade, two-thirds of the additional power needed for data centers will come from fossil fuels.

While concerns about AI are well-earned, the technology also ...