Extension
Why keep learning?
Sustainability expectations for AI will tighten as reporting standards mature. Teams that measure, iterate and govern early avoid costly retrofitting later.

Dive deeper
- IEA — AI and data centre electricity demand
- Green Software Foundation learning
- EU AI Act — high-level summary
- ML energy estimation (Strubell et al., 2019)
Stretch activity
Using your cloud vendor’s carbon or billing APIs, estimate one week of training spend for a representative project and propose one change that preserves SLA within ±2% accuracy.