Embodied carbon
The greenhouse-gas emissions from making and building hardware and facilities, separate from operating energy.
Current numbers
18-36 moAI hardware refresh interval compressing from a 5-7 yr norm — the engine of recurring embodied carbon
up to ~3.5xlower embodied carbon per MW for steel-frame modular vs concrete-heavy builds
50-80%embodied carbon share of lifecycle emissions on a clean grid (concrete ~40%, steel ~10% of material carbon)