NVIDIA's AI climate hoax: New analysis on NVIDIA's rising emissions and greenwashing
NVIDIA markets AI as a climate saviour while its emissions have risen by 725% and it shifts its ecological burden onto lower-income East Asian nations, which constitutes a system of tech colonialism.
Behind the tech giant's sustainability communication lies a staggering CO2 balance: NVIDIA's indirect Scope 3 emissions have risen by 725% since 2020.
The text presents a study by Greenpeace International and partner organisations that accuses NVIDIA of a massive increase in indirect Scope 3 emissions since 2020, by 725%. It is claimed that undisclosed emissions from the operation of sold chips could amount to up to 21 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent by 2025. The text names three greenwashing tactics: the claim of a net climate benefit from AI, the promotion of data centre load management as a driver for renewable energies, and the obscuring of rising energy consumption behind efficiency gains. A specific case is named: a planned data centre facility in Ohio, which is supported by one of the largest gas plants in the world. The text accuses NVIDIA of offshoring its ecological burden onto lower-income East Asian nations, which is described as tech colonialism. Greenpeace demands that NVIDIA invests in new global capacities for renewable energies and extends its target of 100% renewable energy to the entire manufacturing supply chain. The author Ketan Joshi is named as the lead author of the study, which was published in 2026.
Worldview
what this means- What, according to this text, is the root of the evil?
- Exploitation, oppression, unequal conditions; Ignorance, illusion, a false view of reality
- Where does the evil reside?
- in the economy, politics, or social structures
- What helps against it?
- practical action towards the neighbour, good works; insight, learning, enlightenment, right understanding
- What is human being according to this text?
- self-determined, the author of one's own actions
- Where is history heading?
- it is getting worse, an order is coming to an end
- What does the text base its claim on?
- on argument, logic, science
- To whom does the text's call for devotion apply?
- to every human being, regardless of faith
- Where is the text's criticism directed?
- at others, at society, at other groups
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What the text calls for
- in neue globale Kapazitäten für erneuerbare Energien investieren (social)
- das Ziel von 100 % erneuerbarer Energien auf die gesamte Fertigungslieferkette ausweiten (social)
- auf Greenwashing-Illusionen verzichten (social)
Measured
- Basic stance
- -1 from -2 to 2
- Insistence
- 3 of 3
- Reach
- 4 of 5
- Concreteness
- 3 of 3
- Boundary
- 2 of 3, named: NVIDIA und Tech-Konzerne, die ökologische Last auf einkommensschwächere Nationen abwälzen
- Time
- past 1, present 3, future 2