arXiv Machine Learning

Evaluation of ML Resource Utilization Requires Model Life Cycle Assessment

arXiv:2606. 07632v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Proper accounting of the energy requirements and environmental impact of artificial intelligence (AI) systems is necessary for researchers, developers, policy makers, and users to assess the barriers to building systems at scale.

arXiv AI
Jun 11

The Environmental Cost of LLMs in AIED: Reporting and Practices

arXiv:2606. 11215v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large Language Model (LLM) usage in recent years has become increasingly widespread in the Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) community.

By Sabrina C. Eimler, Lukas Erle, Daniel Flood, Aditi Haiman, Luca H\"ackert, Andr\'e Helgert, Lachlan McGinness, B\"usra Yapici
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 18

The Environmental Impacts of Language Model Training Keep Rising Now is the Time to Catch Impacts on the Rebound

The paper analyzes the environmental footprint of machine learning model training, focusing on large language models and their hardware. It finds that energy use and environmental impacts have risen exponentially over the past decade, even when employing carbon‑efficient electricity and more efficient hardware. The study argues that optimization strategies alone cannot curb these impacts due to a rebound effect, and stresses the need to evaluate hardware life‑cycle impacts and integrate environmental metrics into NLP research practices.

By Cl\'ement Morand (STL), Anne-Laure Ligozat (ENSIIE, LISN, STL), Aur\'elie N\'ev\'eol (STL, LISN)
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 20

LLM-Powered Predictive Decision-Making for Sustainable Data Center Operations

The paper presents an LLM-based predictive scheduling system that forecasts execution time and energy consumption from source code, aiming to improve data center sustainability. By integrating these predictions into a real-time GPU allocation algorithm, the system reduces both energy use and queuing delays. In a collaboration with a data center, the approach achieved a 32% drop in energy consumption and a 30% reduction in waiting time.

By Hanzhao Wang, Jingxuan Wu, Yumeng Li, Yu Pan, Guanting Chen
arXiv AI
2d ago

Beyond State-of-the-Art: Standardising Environmental Impact Metrics for AI Research

The paper highlights that as Large Language Models grow in capability and prevalence, their environmental footprint is increasing, yet the machine learning community lacks standardized carbon accounting practices. An automated review of 5,285 NeurIPS 2025 papers shows almost no reporting of environmental impact. To address this, the authors propose standardized sustainability metrics for training efficiency, heuristics for estimating inference carbon costs, a software tool called carbonbenchmark for tracking emissions, and the SMAJ framework to encourage prioritizing computational efficiency and environmental accountability over marginal accuracy gains.

By Lachlan McGinness, Dan Pagendam, Robert Offner
arXiv AI
Jul 3

The Rising Unsustainability of AI Graphics Cards Production

arXiv:2607. 01258v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been accompanied by significant increases in computational and environmental costs, driven by large-scale investments in AI infrastructure, hardware, and software.

By Cl\'ement Morand, Aur\'elie N\'ev\'eol, Anne-Laure Ligozat
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 8

Life Cycle Assessment of Pre-training the Lucie 7B Open-Source Large Language Model on the Jean Zay Supercomputer

arXiv:2607. 05408v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The environmental impact of training large language models (LLMs) is increasingly scrutinised, yet most published estimates focus on operational energy and disclose little about manufacturing (embodied) emissions, water consumption, or the underlying highperformance computing (HPC) infrastructure.

By Marc L\'eobet, Pierre-Fran\c{c}ois Lavall\'ee, Jean-Pierre Lorr\'e