Tracking Electricity Consumption and Emissions from AI Chip Manufacturing

 


https://www.greenpeace.org/static/planet4-eastasia-stateless/2025/04/5011514f-greenpeace_chipping_point.pdf


  • By 2030, global electricity demand for artificial intelligence (AI) chipmaking is estimated to reach as much as 37,238 gigawatt hours (GWh), a 170-fold increase compared to 2023 and more than the total current electricity consumption of Ireland.
  • Global electricity consumption from AI chipmaking increased by more than 350% year on year, from 218 GWh in 2023 to nearly 984 GWh in 2024. 
  • Global emissions from electricity consumption related to AI chipmaking increased more than 4-fold in 2024, rising from 99,200 metric tons of CO₂ equivalent in 2023 to 453,600 metric tons of CO₂ equivalent in 2024. The emissions were driven in large part by heavy reliance on fossil fuels in East Asia’s power grids.
  • Across East Asia, growth in electricity consumption from chipmaking is being used to justify false climate solutions such as gas and nuclear.


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