Study: AI in 2025 Used Water as Much as Global Bottled Water Demand and Matched NYC’s CO₂ Emissions

This year, a new study confirms that AI’s environmental toll may be far larger than previously understood and it matters now. According to research published in Patterns by Alex de Vries-Gao of VU Amsterdam, AI systems in 2025 could consume water on the scale of the entire global bottled water supply and emit carbon pollution on par with New York City’s…