Rodrigo Rodrigues, co-PI of the BIG project, participated in “Biosfera”, a TV show about environmental issues on national channel RTP 2.
The episode, entitled “Ecological Data Centers”, focused on the environmental impact of data centers, which has been increasing with the development of artificial intelligence.
In this interview, Rodrigo Rodrigues explained recent trends such as the growing number of data centers worldwide, their location, the type of services they provide, their impact in terms of CO2 emissions (both embodied and operational), the breakdown of the energy demand associated with artificial intelligence, and, most importantly, the current options we have on the table to minimize the negative impact of the growing demand for energy in data centers worldwide.