NEPC：2025年工程责任Al-面向环境可持续人工智能的基础报告（英文版）

This section provides an overview of the environmental impacts of AI systems and services, and how they relate to trends in development and uptake. A fuller analysis of the environmental impacts of AI systems and services can be found in Annex A. Across their lifecycles, AI systems and services require energy, water, and critical materials. These resources are directly consumed during the production, use and end-of-life management of the compute and infrastructure hardware that underpins AI s