AI boom could leave an e-waste trail that wraps 6 times around Earth

AI infrastructure could generate enough electronic waste by 2050 to fill a line of shipping containers stretching around Earth six times, according to a report that argues existing estimates drastically understate the problem. Previous estimates have focused chiefly on servers and accelerators such as GPUs, which account for just 13 percent of a datacenter's equipment by weight, the report says. Once power, networking, cooling, and other infrastructure are included, the total could be 40 to 60 t