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AI 数据中心电子垃圾问题巨大且持续恶化
非营利组织 Basel Action Network 发布报告警告，AI 热潮产生的电子垃圾被大幅低估，到 2050 年可能多到装满 2300 万个 40 英尺集装箱。该估算因计入数据中心服务器配套基础设施而高于此前研究。
AI推荐理由 The Verge 报道非营利组织 Basel Action Network 新报告，称 AI 数据中心电子垃圾被严重低估，到 2050 年或达可装满 2300 万个集装箱的规模。该估算纳入服务器配套基础设施，范围较以往研究更广，对 AI 算力产业的环境成本有实质参考价值，但摘要未提供报告方法与完整数据。
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E-waste from the AI boom has been vastly underestimated, a new report warns. By 2050, it could become enough trash to fill 23 million shipping containers - roughly enough 40-foot containers to circle the world six times if lined up in a row. It's a significantly higher estimate of AI's e-waste than previous studies have found because the authors of the new report factor in all the infrastructure needed to support servers in data centers. The broader scope provides a clearer picture of junk AI leaves behind, according to the nonprofit Basel Action Network (BAN), which published the paper today. "AI may feel weightless, but every model dep … Read the full story at The Verge.