{"id":1624064,"date":"2026-07-04T09:30:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/HWvPwFH9Tj6DhCrAZy5CR8"},"modified":"2026-07-04T09:30:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:30:56","slug":"a-wild-testament-to-the-obscene-bloat-and-waste-of-genai-googles-electricity-consumption-is-exponentially-increasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-wild-testament-to-the-obscene-bloat-and-waste-of-genai-googles-electricity-consumption-is-exponentially-increasing\/","title":{"rendered":"‘A wild testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI’: Google’s electricity consumption is exponentially increasing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As a Brit, I’ve been thinking a lot about the climate crisis since last month’s historic heatwave<\/a>. With many buildings across the UK designed to retain heat, we’re simply not built for 37\u00b0C\/98.6\u00b0F weather. Causes of climate change are numerous, and I know we didn’t get here solely due to the advent of AI, but the steep increase in major players’ energy consumption as a result definitely isn’t helping.<\/p>\n

Data analyst Ketan Joshi looked at Google\u2019s latest environmental report<\/a> and wrote about its recent trends in energy consumption. He said on BlueSky<\/a>, “Two years ago [the company] flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI.”<\/p>\n

Joshi dives into more detail in a blog post<\/a>, elaborating, “The company\u2019s total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025. This is very easily the biggest increase in their electricity consumption ever.”<\/p>\n

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