AIThe Decoderabout 3 hours ago
AI agents use 600x more energy than chat
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Climate scientist Zeke Hausfather tracked Claude Code over eight weeks: 3.2 billion tokens and about 170 kWh of data center electricity. Per prompt, that's roughly 600 times more than a typical AI chat, showing how low reported figures distort agent-based AI reality.
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