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Research paper · 2019-10-21

Quantifying the Carbon Emissions of Machine Learning

Alexandre Lacoste, Alexandra Luccioni, Victor Schmidt, Thomas Dandres

Published2019-10-21
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Citing Models40
arXiv1910.09700

Abstract

From an environmental standpoint, there are a few crucial aspects of training a neural network that have a major impact on the quantity of carbon that it emits. These factors include: the location of the server used for training and the energy grid that it uses, the length of the training procedure, and even the make and model of hardware on which the training takes place. In order to approximate these emissions, we present our Machine Learning Emissions Calculator, a tool for our community to better understand the environmental impact of training ML models. We accompany this tool with an explanation of the factors cited above, as well as concrete actions that individual practitioners and organizations can take to mitigate their carbon emissions.

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arXiv identifier
1910.09700
Published
2019-10-21
Authors
Alexandre Lacoste, Alexandra Luccioni, Victor Schmidt, Thomas Dandres

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