So, to the question at hand: What is the environmental impact of the internet? I’m sorry to have to give you the ever-frustrating answer: “It depends.” Because it does, it really does.

So, to the question at hand: What is the environmental impact of the internet? I’m sorry to have to give you the ever-frustrating answer: “It depends.” Because it does, it really does.

In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at the environmental impact of the internet. Specifically, I ...

The results, which are broadly in line with estimates from previous scholarly work, suggest the environmental harm of any ...

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 ...

Software applications often manage big amounts of data; most of them are internet-based applications, and incorporate artificial intelligence. According to Coral Calero, these three aspects improve th ...

AI's Impact on the Environment, Explained Claims about AI's environmental cost circulated following the Los Angeles wildfires in early 2025.