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Describe what you did with AI in your own words.
✳YOUR AI USE. ITS REAL IMPACT.
Your AI footprint.Finally visible.
Energy, water, emissions. From your AI activity to an estimate you can understand.
AImpronta analyses your AI activity and translates it into environmental impacts and everyday comparisons.
YOUR AI CALCULATORAImpronta Model v1.0
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COMPLEX INSIDE. SIMPLE OUTSIDE.
Three steps. A clearer picture.
We calculate
We turn the activity into an estimate of resource use and impact.
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See your result through everyday comparisons.
AImpronta GLOBAL COUNTERLIVE ESTIMATE
The impact of AI worldwide, right now.
Dall’inizio dell’anno a questo momento: energia, acqua ed emissioni dell’AI, nella stima live AImpronta.
Energia stimata utilizzata dall’AI nel 2026
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Dal 1° gennaio · scenario AImpronta
AI / INFRASTRUCTURE
Acqua stimata
CO₂e stimataEnergia consumata daStima AImpronta · non è una misurazione diretta in tempo reale
Perimetro: data center orientati all’AI.
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This is an estimate: usage varies with the model, duration, hardware and processing location.
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About this result
LET’S LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE
What if everyone did it?
Your result, multiplied by the number of people.
Understand AI
We use AI.
Let’s understand it.
Energy, new words and everyday choices. One topic at a time, without the jargon.
AIMPRONTA MODEL v1.0 · UPDATED 2026
How the estimate is built.
AImpronta does not show a mysterious number. It starts with your activity, compares it with disclosed sources and benchmarks, and returns an environmental estimate you can understand.
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Data and benchmarks
Public sources, research, AI provider disclosures and benchmarks provide the starting point.
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AImpronta Model
The model applies parameters consistent with the activity type, volume and available usage characteristics.
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An estimate you can read
Energy, water and CO₂e become comparable results, with limitations and methodology always available.
Why AImpronta exists
We use AI. Let’s also understand what it involves.
AI is becoming part of everyday life. Behind every response, image, video or song are computers, data centres, energy and resources. AImpronta makes something usually invisible easier to see. No alarmism. No guilt. Just a clearer understanding of the technology we use.
THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT
More transparency.
On this side of the world, too.
AImpronta references European environmental transparency topics. This tool is not a legal compliance system and provides no certification.
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