Computer power has a minimal impact on carbon emissions as data centers are mostly powered by renewable energy sources. Initiatives like Google and Microsoft owning renewable energy wind farms contribute to sustainability. Though there are environmental concerns like the use of materials in chip manufacture, the overall carbon cost per unit of computation remains low. The argument that electricity access will restrict AI development is unfounded, given data centers' small percentage of a city's electricity consumption at the 100-megawatt scale.

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