CO₂ Per Token: The AI Metric We’ve Been Ignoring (Until Now)

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Why the world needs to think beyond speed and cost The Blind Spot in AI’s Big Moment The UK government recently announced new plans for AI infrastructure. Other countries are doing the same, working urgently to build bigger data centers, expand AI capacity, and secure Sovereign and Confidential AI capabilities. Whenever these announcements happen, the […]

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Are We Heading into Another Energy Crisis — This Time for AI?

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In recent years, the crypto “energy crisis” sparked global alarm. Bitcoin mining alone consumed roughly 0.4% of global electricity, and crypto‑mining + data centers already made up about 2% of world demand in 2022 [1]. But now, AI workloads—particularly generative and large‑language‑model (LLM) operations—are poised to make an even bigger dent in our energy systems […]

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