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A deep dive into the environmental cost of Gen AI

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About Our Findings

What marketers—and anyone leveraging AI—should know

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Uncover AI’s carbon impact and strategies for sustainable innovation

  • Understand rising environmental demands
  • Calculate the impact of two AI marketing use cases
  • Discover best practices for balancing innovation and responsibility

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Best Practices

6 strategies for mitigating the environmental impact of AI

Be selective with AI use cases

Prioritize value and necessity in AI applications

Empower and train teams

Upskill employees to use AI effectively while minimizing waste

Choose low-carbon infrastructure

Opt for self-hosted solutions in low-carbon regions

Keep it concise

Prompt AI models to generate shorter responses

Match model complexity to the task

Use advanced models only when necessary

Consider AI’s broader impact

Assess the indirect environmental and societal effects of AI adoption

Why is this important?

The rising environmental cost of AI

Digital emissions account for over 4% of global emissions and are growing faster than any other sector Source: ADEME–ARCEP

Training a large AI model can emit as much as 1000 tons of CO2e the equivalent of 250 roundtrip flights from Paris to New York Source: fifty-five

AI’s rising emissions represent an estimated social cost of up to $140 billion Source: Goldman Sachs

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fifty-five

fifty-five, part of The Brandtech Group, is a global data company that helps brands collect, analyze and activate their data to improve their marketing and sustainability strategies. fifty-five was named by Forbes as one of the world’s best management consulting firms, owing to its unique approach that blends consulting, ESG and technology expertise.

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Scope3

Scope3 is a technology company transforming how organizations optimize their AI operations. Through real-time monitoring and optimization, Scope3 helps enterprises reduce unnecessary energy consumption while maintaining peak AI performance. The Brandtech Group is among Scope3’s minority investors, reflecting our shared vision for sustainable advertising technology.

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