The 17th annual California Green Innovation Index finds total greenhouse gas emissions fell between 2022 and 2023, dropping by 3.0% to 360.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent
While data centers have long existed in California, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has significantly increased demand for new data centers over the last five years, and the pace is expected to increase through the rest of the decade.
The 16th annual California Green Innovation Index is primarily digital, allowing readers to learn and interact with the findings of the report in an interactive medium.