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I hear about the energy cost of AI a lot, have never heard about the energy cost of, say, Facebook.

Is it because these other "services" energy use are in the noise?

The information is definitely out there: https://www.texaspolicy.com/the-energy-cost-of-social-media/

Thanks. There is a lot of lumping together in the above link. I would love to see each platform (and AI platforms as well) and their annual energy consumption.

I'll look further.

I agree that more detailed information would help further the discussion a lot. I am also interested in the mechanics of how these things are calculated.

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