AI’s hidden electricity and water bill

Environment    Sep 11, 2026 6:26 AM

A single ChatGPT query consumes roughly 0.34 watt-hours of electricity or "about what an oven uses in a little over a second," according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, plus 0.32 milliliters of water, or "about a fifteenth of a teaspoon."

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