{"id":23328,"date":"2025-06-11T10:16:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T10:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/?p=23328"},"modified":"2026-01-05T09:14:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:14:37","slug":"openai-ceo-reveals-how-much-water-one-chatgpt-query-consumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/openai-ceo-reveals-how-much-water-one-chatgpt-query-consumes\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI CEO Reveals How Much Water One ChatGPT Query Consumes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sam Altman<\/strong>, the CEO of OpenAI<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, has spoken out about the energy and water consumption<\/strong> of ChatGPT. Altman revealed how much water is consumed<\/strong> by asking a single question to the popular AI tool<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While artificial intelligence technologies<\/strong> bring us into a brand-new era and offer numerous benefits, they also raise some environmental concerns<\/strong>\u2014especially related to energy<\/strong> and resource consumption<\/strong>. For instance, a recent study found that creating a five-second AI-generated video<\/strong> consumed as much electricity as using a microwave for one hour<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, how much water<\/strong> does AI really consume?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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An answer came directly from OpenAI\u2019s CEO<\/strong>, Sam Altman. According to Altman, asking one question to ChatGPT<\/strong> uses approximately 0.32 milliliters of water<\/strong>. He simplified this by saying it’s roughly “1\/15th of a teaspoon<\/strong>.” Given that millions of questions<\/strong> are asked to ChatGPT every day, this leads to significant water usage<\/strong>. For example, one glass of water<\/strong> equals around 625 ChatGPT queries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Altman Also Commented on Energy Consumption<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In addition to water, Altman addressed energy usage. He stated that each ChatGPT query<\/strong> consumes around 0.34 watt-hours<\/strong> of electricity. That\u2019s equivalent to running an oven for 1\u20132 seconds<\/strong>. Altman also suggested that in the future, the cost of AI<\/strong> should be on par with electricity costs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Altman did not provide specific details on how these figures were calculated. So we cannot confirm the accuracy<\/strong> of this data. Unfortunately, there is no large-scale, verified study specifically on AI\u2019s water usage<\/strong> yet. Estimates suggest that water consumption<\/strong> may vary depending on the AI model<\/strong> and the location of the data centers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For instance, according to The Washington Post<\/strong>, a simple AI query generating a 100-word email<\/strong> may use up as much water as a bottle<\/strong>. As more research emerges, this issue will become clearer. But one thing is certain: focusing on AI\u2019s energy and environmental impact is essential<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has spoken out about the energy and water consumption of ChatGPT. Altman revealed how much water is consumed by asking a single question to the popular AI tool. While artificial intelligence technologies bring us into a brand-new era and offer numerous benefits, they also raise some environmental concerns\u2014especially related …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAown96uCw:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[332],"tags":[335,210,65],"class_list":["post-23328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ai-information","tag-ai-news","tag-ai-tools-news","tag-chatgpt-news-and-content"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}