Show HN: AI Compute Footprint (energy, space, water and CO2)

Category: other

Tags: ai-footprint, sustainability, data-visualization, calculator, educational

Score: 6.0/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 5, Documentation: 7, Utility: 6)

An interactive single-page web app that visualizes the physical footprint of AI tasks—energy, water, CO2, and data-center floor space—from individual queries up to global scale. It uses a transparent data model with cited sources and comparisons to familiar activities, making abstract AI costs tangible. The project is a well-documented, data-driven educational tool rather than a technical innovation.

Target audience: researchers, sustainability advocates, AI users, policymakers, educators

Repository: https://heyyeah.github.io/AI_Compute_Footprint/ · JavaScript · MIT

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