2 papers
cs.AI2026
Assessing the Carbon Emissions and Energy Consumption of U.S. Hyperscale Data Centers
Gianluca Guidi, Francesca Dominici, Tiziano Squartini +6
The rapid proliferation of hyperscale data centers (HDCs) in the US, mainly driven by the adoption of artificial intelligence, has raised concerns about this industry's environment…
cs.CY2024
Environmental Burden of United States Data Centers in the Artificial Intelligence Era
Gianluca Guidi, Francesca Dominici, Jonathan Gilmour +4
The rapid proliferation of data centers in the US - driven partly by the adoption of artificial intelligence - has set off alarm bells about the industry's environmental impact. We…