AI & ENVIRONMENT RESOURCE HUB

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An open access database about how AI, data centers, and the environment interact. Browse a curated collection of research, policy, tools, organizations, people, courses, podcasts, and media.

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2,564 public resources5 pathways

The AI & environment landscape

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Energy & climate ↗

1,288 resources

Energy and electricity →

Electricity supply, demand, grids, fuels, and energy efficiency.

Climate and greenhouse gases →

Greenhouse gas emissions, carbon accounting, mitigation, and climate systems.

Water, land & air ↗

263 resources

Water →

Water withdrawal, consumption, quality, scarcity, and freshwater systems.

Land use, heat, and noise →

Land conversion, siting, local heat, and noise effects.

Air pollution →

Air pollutants and associated exposure outside greenhouse gas accounting.

Materials & circularity ↗

136 resources

Materials and critical minerals →

Materials, mining, critical minerals, and supply chains for computing.

E-waste and circularity →

Electronic waste, reuse, recycling, and circular resource flows.

Nature & food systems ↗

486 resources

Biodiversity and ecosystems →

Species, habitats, ecosystem function, and conservation.

Oceans and coasts →

Marine and coastal systems, sea levels, and ocean conservation.

Agriculture and food →

Farming, food systems, soil, and agricultural resource use.

Resilient places & systems ↗

865 resources

Weather, hazards, and adaptation →

Weather prediction, extreme events, hazards, resilience, and adaptation.

Built environment and infrastructure →

Buildings, cities, infrastructure, and their environmental performance.

Transport and logistics →

Mobility, freight, transport, and logistics systems.

Five ways to explore

Follow environmental impacts, applications, governance, practical responses, or data centers.

01 / PATHWAY

Environmental footprint of AI

Environmental pressures from AI computing and infrastructure.

700 resources →02 / PATHWAY

AI for environmental action

Applications intended to understand, protect, restore, adapt, or decarbonize environmental systems.

716 resources →03 / PATHWAY

Governance, justice, and political economy

Rules, institutions, distributional effects, community impacts, labor, finance, and accountability.

650 resources →04 / PATHWAY

Measurement and sustainable practice

Methods to measure or reduce environmental impacts and improve computing practice.

354 resources →05 / PATHWAY

Data centers

Energy, cooling, materials, communities, and the infrastructure behind AI.

365 resources →

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