The big environmental costs of rising demand for big data to power the internet

The rise of artificial intelligence is requiring faster and bigger computations for even simple tasks compared to, say, a Google search. It’s adding to the demand for more internet data centers, but these facilities come at a big environmental cost, especially for the communities that host them. Science journalist Sachi Kitajima Mulkey joins Ali Rogin to discuss.

LINK: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-big-environmental-costs-of-rising-demand-for-big-data-to-power-the-internet