v1.2
Our backend is hosted in the Google Cloud US-central region (Iowa)
Where the electricity used for the backend is produced on average 98% from decarbonized energy, mainly wind.
Official GCP page:
https://cloud.google.com/sustainability/region-carbon
"Iowa (us-central1): High CFE Score (~98%), powered primarily by wind."
💡 This page is updated regularly with hourly CFE scores.
ElectricityMap – US-IA Wind region: ~60% of the mix
https://app.electricitymap.org/map?wind=true&solar=true&countryCode=US-IA
- Iowa's electricity is among the most wind-powered in the US
- Carbon intensity is often between 30 and 100 gCO₂/kWh.
♻️ Each generated image ≈ 0.4 gCO₂ (about 2 meters of driving a gasoline car), 200 images = 1 km by car
AI image generation is performed on Microsoft Azure, probably in the US East region (Virginia).
Carbon intensity actor (Azure US East, estimate):
- US East (Virginia) ≈ 350–450 gCO₂ / kWh
- Source: ElectricityMap, Azure 2024 reports
➡️ Microsoft has committed to accelerating the decarbonization of its datacenters.
