White Paper on Global Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impact

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Policy and Regulatory Considerations
  • Existing Policies on AI and Data Center Environmental Impact
    • United States
    • European Union
    • China
• Identification of Regulatory Gaps
• Regulatory Differences and Similarities
• Introduction of Green AI Index Framework
• Green AI Index: Data Center
  • Carbon Footprint
  • Scope 1: Direct Carbon Emissions
    • Generators
    • Fuel Cells
    • Refrigerants
  • Scope 2: Indirect Carbon Emissions
  • Scope 3: Other Indirect Carbon Emissions
  • Water Footprint
  • Scope 1: Direct Water Use
  • Scope 2: Indirect Water Use
  • Scope 3: Other Indirect Water Use
• Green AI Index: AI Model
  • LCA Overview
  • Operational Carbon Footprint
    • Training
    • Inference
    • Maintenance
  • Embodied Carbon Footprint
  • Operational Water Footprint
  • Embodied Water Footprint
• Related Work
• Current Practices in Major Data Centers
• Role of Government, Industries, and International Organizations
• Future Directions
• Conclusion
• Appendix

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