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We did the math on ai’s energy footprint. here’s the story you haven’t heard.

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Citing blogs and links by period
Period Blogs Links
All time6072
Last 90 days811
Last 30 days11
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Figures for this page
First cited16 May 2025
Latest citation4 Oct 2026
Anchor phrases5
Called by its title7 of 60 blogs
New citing blogs a weeksince May 2025
New citing blogs a week, since May 2025: 74 weeks, peak 5 a week, latest week 0

0 this week (still settling) · peak 5

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Each blog counts once, in the week of its first citation. 2 blogs have no dated post that cites this page: counted in the tally, not here. A blog added to the index recently can bring old first citations in at once.

Who cited it

Cited by 60 blogs across 8 subjects: technology 33, society and politics 6, design and making 3, arts and culture 2, books and writing 1, business and economics 1, life 1, science 1, unclassified 12.

How it is described

The words blogs link this page with, by how many different blogs use them.

  • we did the math on ai’s energy footprint. here’s the story you haven’t heard.7 blogs
  • we did the math on ai’s energy footprint. here’s the story you haven’t heard5 blogs
  • mit technology review3 blogs
  • carbon footprint1 blog
  • carbon emissions1 blog

Cited by 60 blogs in 72 posts

One row per blog, the most recently citing first. Each shows the blog's newest citing post; open a row for the others.

Blog
Newest citing post
Date
1 other post
24 Oct 2025
Depreciation

linked as “We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.”

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21 Oct 2025
1 other post
The Back Of The AI Envelope

linked as “We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.”

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12 Jun 2025
From SEO to AIO: Why Your Content Needs to Exist in AI Training Data

linked as “more electricity than a large hydroelectric dam generates per minute”

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23 Sept 2025
How to think about "AI" (and why not to call it that)

linked as ““50 gigawatt-hours of energy, enough to power San Francisco for three days””

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28 Jul 2025
hey.paris1 post
(Gradient) Descent into Mediocrity

linked as “more electricity than entire countries”

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22 Jul 2025
The vibe coder's career path is doomed

linked as “We did the math on AI's energy footprint. Here's the story you haven't heard.”

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17 Jul 2025
MIT Technology Review - AI's Energy Footprint

linked as “MIT Technology Review - AI's Energy Footprint”

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22 Jun 2025
The Web Review #05 – Pride Month is for nerds (complimentary)

linked as “We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard”

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17 Jun 2025
21st Century Humans Are Incredibly Easy to Fool

linked as “Does it cost an entire household’s energy consumption to run an LLM query”

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12 Jun 2025
Creator Weekly: TwitchCon Updates, Free Android Photoshop, Customize Reddit Profiles

linked as “We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.”

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7 Jun 2025
Weeknotes 462

linked as “true cost is next to impossible”

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6 Jun 2025

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