Advertisement"There is something like this, air pollution, which is affecting people right now," Ren said in an interview. By 2030, they calculated, AI's electricity-related public health costs will top $20 billion. The researchers found those health effects are not contained to the state, as air pollution travels. There is actually cross-state air pollution." "If you look at the sustainability reports from these companies, they mention carbon and water, but they don't mention anything about air pollution," Ren said.

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Persons: Shaolei Ren, Adam Wierman —, Ren, it's, Meta Organizations: University of California, California Institute of Technology, UC Riverside, McKinsey & Company, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington D.C, Amazon, Google, Microsoft Locations: California, Virginia, New York, Los Angeles, Riverside, United States, China, Maryland — Montgomery, West Virginia , New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania, Delaware, Washington, Florida