On an industry-wide level, the International Energy Agency estimates the energy use from data centers that power artificial intelligence (AI) will double in just the next two years This report explores the risks that AI poses to the world's climate crisis.

The aim of this analysis is purely to calculate an investment cost of providing several regions of the developing world with 100% renewable electricity, and to compare those amounts with the gross concentrated wealth of the world’s richest individuals, in order to highlight the need for economic and climate justice.