{
  "dataset": "inference-energy",
  "title": "Published energy per prompt",
  "index": "Environmental Disclosure Index",
  "url": "https://aisafetytracker.org/environment/",
  "citation": "AI Safety Tracker, \"Environmental Disclosure Index\". https://aisafetytracker.org/environment/. Retrieved 23 October 2026.",
  "licences": [
    {
      "source": "environmental-disclosure-index",
      "name": "Environmental Disclosure Index",
      "publisher": "This site",
      "licence": "MIT",
      "licence_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT",
      "attribution": "AI Safety Tracker, \"Environmental Disclosure Index\". Licensed MIT."
    }
  ],
  "generated": "2026-10-23T13:22:31+00:00",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
  "unit": "Wh per prompt",
  "notes": "Our own reading of primary publications, reviewed 2026-10-23. Every published per-prompt figure. Median, mean and per-response figures are different statistics.",
  "count": 3,
  "records": [
    {
      "developer": "Google",
      "product": "Gemini Apps",
      "statistic": "median text prompt",
      "wh": 0.24,
      "gco2e": 0.03,
      "water_ml": 0.26,
      "as_of": "2025-05",
      "method": "published",
      "note": "Counts idle machines and data-centre overhead. Emissions use Google's market-based fleet average for 2024.",
      "url": "https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure/measuring-the-environmental-impact-of-ai-inference",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-23",
      "source_id": "environmental-disclosure-index"
    },
    {
      "developer": "OpenAI",
      "product": "ChatGPT",
      "statistic": "average query",
      "wh": 0.34,
      "gco2e": null,
      "water_ml": null,
      "as_of": "2025-06",
      "method": "not published",
      "note": "Stated in a blog post by OpenAI's chief executive. Which models and which queries are averaged is not stated.",
      "url": "https://blog.samaltman.com/the-gentle-singularity",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-23",
      "source_id": "environmental-disclosure-index"
    },
    {
      "developer": "Mistral AI",
      "product": "Le Chat",
      "statistic": "400-token response",
      "wh": null,
      "gco2e": 1.14,
      "water_ml": 45,
      "as_of": "2025-01",
      "method": "published",
      "note": "Marginal impact of one response from Mistral Large 2, from an ISO 14040/44 lifecycle analysis. Energy is not given separately.",
      "url": "https://mistral.ai/news/our-contribution-to-a-global-environmental-standard-for-ai",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-23",
      "source_id": "environmental-disclosure-index"
    }
  ]
}