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Treat in chapter 4 as a two-company pattern." } } ], "notes": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" } }, { "id": "disc-amazon-grid_mix_or_carbon", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "amazon", "item": "grid_mix_or_carbon", "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": "yes", "state": "extracted", "detail": { "en": "Third-party verification covers the renewable matching; the assurer's name and assurance level are unextracted." } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "as_of": "2025", "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "gemini", "verified_by_model": "gemini-3-1-pro", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_but_undefined", "source_ids": [ "src-amazon-sustainability-2025", "src-amazon-renewable-methodology" ], "publishable": true, "disclosed": [ { "en": "Matched 100% of the electricity consumed by global operations with renewables, for a third consecutive year." } ], "definition_completeness": { "market_based_or_location_based": { "answer": "market_based", "state": "extracted", "detail": { "en": "Annual totals reconciled on paper through PPAs and environmental attribute certificates. Not a physical generation mix." } } }, "notes": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" } }, { "id": "disc-amazon-hardware_embodied", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "amazon", "item": "hardware_embodied", "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": "yes", "state": "extracted", "detail": { "en": "Third-party verification covers the Scope 3 accounting as a whole." } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "as_of": "2025", "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "gemini", "verified_by_model": "gemini-3-1-pro", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_partial", "source_ids": [ "src-amazon-sustainability-2025", "src-amazon-carbon-methodology" ], "publishable": true, "disclosed": [ { "en": "Scope 3 is 76% of total emissions, up 20% year on year." } ], "not_disclosed": [ { "en": "No breakdown isolates AI hardware manufacturing or data-centre construction; they remain inside the same category as retail packaging and third-party transport." } ], "definition_completeness": { "amortization_period": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, "notes": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" } }, { "id": "disc-amazon-third_party_assurance", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "amazon", "item": "third_party_assurance", "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_investigated" }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "as_of": "2025", "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "gemini", "verified_by_model": "gemini-3-1-pro", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_full", "source_ids": [ "src-amazon-sustainability-2025" ], "publishable": true, "disclosed": [ { "en": "An assurance statement closes the report, covering company-level indicators including Scope 1/2/3 greenhouse-gas emissions and renewable matching." } ], "not_disclosed": [ { "en": "The assurer's name, the assurance level, and the full list of covered indicators." } ], "definition_completeness": { "assurance_level": { "answer": null, "state": "not_extracted" }, "assurer_name": { "answer": null, "state": "not_extracted" } }, "critical_note": { "en": "Because no AI-specific energy figure is disclosed at all, none is assured. Do not read third-party assurance as meaning AI's footprint has been verified." }, "notes": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" } }, { "id": "disc-openai-inference_energy_per_request", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "openai", "item": "inference_energy_per_request", "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_investigated" }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": { "gpu_compute": "unknown", "gpu_idle_colocated": "unknown", "host_cpu": "unknown", "dram": "unknown", "local_storage": "unknown", "model_load": "unknown", "network_egress": "unknown", "facility_overhead_pue": "unknown", "cooling_water": "unknown", "idle_fleet_capacity": "unknown", "training_amortized": "unknown", "finetuning_amortized": "unknown", "embodied_hardware": "unknown", "datacenter_construction": "unknown", "client_device": "unknown" } }, "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "codex-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_but_undefined", "source_ids": [ "src-altman-2025" ], "publishable": true, "numeric_use": "forbidden", "numeric_use_reason": { "en": "With no accounting scope, it cannot serve as a basis for a reader to compute their own usage. Treated as m-003 is." }, "disclosed_value": { "value": 0.34, "unit": "Wh", "state": "extracted", "scope": { "en": "An average ChatGPT query" } }, "definition_completeness": { "per_request_or_per_token": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "pue_included": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "model_specified": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, "undefined_aspects": [ { "en": "Model, the model mix behind ChatGPT, text versus image versus audio versus tool use, token counts, treatment of reasoning tokens, whether the average is a mean or a median, measurement period, region, data centre and hardware, non-GPU components, idle capacity, redundancy, batching and caching, whether PUE is included, and whether training, manufacturing or construction are included. None is stated." } ], "critical_note": { "en": "OpenAI's own educational page states that no proprietary energy benchmark has been published and cites an external Epoch AI estimate of about 0.3 Wh instead. OpenAI does not adopt its CEO's figure." }, "editorial_use": { "en": "A chapter 4 example." }, "as_of": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "notes": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" } }, { "id": "disc-openai-training_energy_total", "status": "superseded", "superseded_by": "disc-openai-training_energy_total-r2", "company": "openai", "item": "training_energy_total", "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_investigated" }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "codex-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "disclosure_status": "not_disclosed_explicitly_declined", "source_ids": [ "src-openai-gpt4-techreport", "src-openai-gpt56-systemcard", "src-stanford-fmti-2025-openai" ], "publishable": true, "definition_completeness": { "which_model": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "pretraining_only_or_including_runs": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, "detail": { "en": "The GPT-4 Technical Report states that it discloses no details of architecture, hardware, training compute, dataset construction or training method, citing competition and safety." }, "important_nuance": { "en": "This is not a statement that training energy is withheld. What is withheld are the inputs an outsider would need to recompute it independently: training compute and hardware. Do not conflate the two." }, "additional": { "en": "The GPT-5.6 System Card's Model Data and Training section likewise states no training energy, duration, GPU type or count, data centre, PUE, carbon intensity or training water use." }, "integrity_issues": [ { "id": "ii-008", "severity": "major", "affects_cited_value": true, "description": { "en": "The published figure of 700,000 A100-equivalent GPU hours for GPT-5.6 is the compute for automated safety red-teaming, not for training the model." }, "action": { "en": "Never use it as total training energy." } } ], "notes": { "en": "Among the six companies this is the only refusal with a stated reason. The others are silences, which is a different kind of gap." }, "as_of": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, { "id": "disc-openai-datacenter_pue", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "openai", "item": "datacenter_pue", "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_investigated" }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "codex-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "disclosure_status": "not_disclosed_no_statement", "knowledge_state": "investigated_not_found", "source_ids": [], "publishable": true, "definition_completeness": { "fleet_average_or_site": { "answer": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "measurement_period": { "answer": null, "state": "not_applicable" } }, "search_paths_taken": [ { "en": "OpenAI states it uses infrastructure from Microsoft, Oracle, CoreWeave and AWS (https://openai.com/index/the-full-stack-behind-abundant-intelligence/). No PUE of its own was found." } ], "detail": { "en": "A cloud provider's fleet-average PUE cannot stand in for OpenAI's, because which workloads run in which facilities and how power is allocated are not published." }, "as_of": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "notes": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" } }, { "id": "disc-openai-water_usage", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "openai", "item": "water_usage", "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_investigated" }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "codex-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_but_undefined", "source_ids": [ "src-altman-2025" ], "publishable": true, "numeric_use": "forbidden", "disclosed_value": { "value": 8.5e-05, "unit": "US_gallons", "state": "extracted", "scope": { "en": "An average ChatGPT query" } }, "definition_completeness": { "onsite_or_including_offsite_power": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, "undefined_aspects": [ { "en": "Withdrawal or consumption, cooling water only or generation water too, evaporation and discharge and recirculation, region and water stress, model and facility and period, and whether training or manufacturing are included. None is stated." } ], "critical_note": { "en": "Even the accounting definition of the word water is unstated." }, "facility_level": { "en": "Stargate sites are said to prioritise closed-loop or low-water cooling. A mayor is quoted regarding Abilene, with no quantity, baseline year or method. Project Camellia and Stargate Norway are planned as closed-loop with no figures. All are plans, not results." }, "company_total": { "value": null, "state": "investigated_not_found" }, "as_of": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "notes": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" } }, { "id": "disc-openai-grid_mix_or_carbon", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "openai", "item": "grid_mix_or_carbon", "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_investigated" }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "codex-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_partial", "source_ids": [ "src-openai-academy-env" ], "publishable": true, "definition_completeness": { "market_based_or_location_based": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, "company_wide": { "value": null, "state": "investigated_not_found" }, "facility_level": { "en": "Stargate Norway is described as planned to run entirely on renewable power. Whether that is physical supply or contractual matching, hourly or annual, certificate-based, what the operating result is, how much is allocated to OpenAI, and gCO2e/kWh are all unstated. US Stargate sites describe solar and battery in Wisconsin, existing generation and battery in Michigan, and new generation and storage in Texas. None is a company-wide generation mix." }, "not_disclosed": [ { "en": "Location-based and market-based Scope 2 emissions, generation shares, carbon intensity, and the accounting method for renewable certificates." } ], "separate_fact": { "en": "In a policy document dated 2026-06-03, OpenAI states support for transparency and sustainability reporting obligations covering water, power and government contracts (https://openai.com/index/public-policy-agenda/). That is a policy position, not a figure for its own operations." }, "separate_fact_handling": { "en": "If used in the text, place the two facts side by side without a connective implying cause or judgement. The connective has been added to the forbidden-word list." }, "as_of": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "notes": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" } }, { "id": "disc-openai-hardware_embodied", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "openai", "item": "hardware_embodied", "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_investigated" }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "codex-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "disclosure_status": "not_disclosed_no_statement", "knowledge_state": "investigated_not_found", "source_ids": [], "publishable": true, "definition_completeness": { "amortization_period": { "answer": null, "state": "not_applicable" } }, "search_paths_taken": [ { "en": "Searched for a company GHG inventory across Scopes 1/2/3, Scope 3 Categories 1 and 2, manufacturing emissions for GPUs, servers and network equipment, manufacturing emissions for the Jalapeño chip, Stargate construction materials, hardware LCA, and allocation methods. None found." } ], "notes": { "en": "Performance and power-efficiency benchmarks for Jalapeño are published (https://openai.com/index/jalapeno-first-results/), with nothing on manufacturing energy, emissions, materials, yield or expected lifetime." }, "as_of": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, { "id": "disc-openai-third_party_assurance", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "openai", "item": "third_party_assurance", "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_investigated" }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "codex-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "disclosure_status": "not_disclosed_no_statement", "knowledge_state": "investigated_not_found", "source_ids": [], "publishable": true, "definition_completeness": { "assurance_level": { "answer": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "assurer_name": { "answer": null, "state": "not_applicable" } }, "search_paths_taken": [ { "en": "Searched for limited or reasonable assurance on an environmental report, ISO 14064 or GHG Protocol verification, independent assurance over power, water or PUE, any verification of the 0.34 Wh and 0.000085 gallon figures, and the assurer, standard, scope and level. None found." } ], "future_commitment": { "en": "Project Camellia carries a commitment to a future annual public audit by an independent firm. As of 2026-08-27 the firm, standard, level, scope, first covered year and report are all undetermined. It is not evidence that any current environmental figure is assured." }, "integrity_issues": [ { "id": "ii-009", "severity": "major", "affects_cited_value": false, "description": { "en": "Third-party red-teaming of GPT-5.6 and evaluation by the UK AISI are safety verification, not environmental verification. The Epoch AI estimate is an independent estimate, not an audit of the 0.34 Wh figure." }, "action": { "en": "Never let these fill a third-party-assurance cell." } } ], "as_of": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "notes": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" } }, { "id": "disc-microsoft-inference_energy_per_request", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "microsoft", "item": "inference_energy_per_request", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_partial", "source_ids": [ "src-oviedo-joule-2026", "src-microsoft-research-oviedo-2026" ], "publishable": true, "numeric_use": "forbidden", "numeric_use_reason": { "en": "A peer-reviewed model of frontier-scale inference, not telemetry from Copilot or Azure OpenAI. Boundary extraction is also incomplete." }, "disclosed_value": { "unit": "Wh", "per": "query", "median": 0.31, "iqr_low": 0.16, "iqr_high": 0.6, "state": "extracted" }, "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "definition_completeness": { "per_request_or_per_token": { "answer": "per_request", "state": "extracted" }, "pue_included": { "answer": null, "state": "not_extracted" }, "model_specified": { "answer": "frontier_scale_not_product_model", "state": "extracted" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "as_of": "2026-04-22", "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "relayed_from_investigator_not_independently_read", "notes": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" } }, { "id": "disc-microsoft-training_energy_total", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "microsoft", "item": "training_energy_total", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_partial", "source_ids": [ "src-microsoft-phi4-modelcard-2024", "src-microsoft-phi4-announcement-2024" ], "publishable": true, "knowledge_state": "not_reported", "reported_inputs": { "model": "Phi-4", "accelerator": "H100-80GB", "accelerator_count": 1920, "training_duration_days": 21, "state": "extracted", "numeric_use": "forbidden" }, "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "definition_completeness": { "which_model": { "answer": "Phi-4", "state": "extracted" }, "pretraining_only_or_including_runs": { "answer": null, "state": "not_extracted" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "as_of": "2024-12-12", "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "relayed_from_investigator_not_independently_read", "notes": { "en": "GPU count and duration are published, but total energy is not. The ledger does not multiply by TDP and present the result as a company disclosure." } }, { "id": "disc-microsoft-datacenter_pue", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "microsoft", "item": "datacenter_pue", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_full", "source_ids": [ "src-microsoft-dc-efficiency-2026" ], "publishable": true, "disclosed_values": { "unit": "PUE", "global": 1.17, "americas": 1.16, "asia_pacific": 1.28, "emea": 1.16, "state": "extracted" }, "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "definition_completeness": { "fleet_average_or_site": { "answer": "fully_owned_and_managed_sites_operating_for_12_months", "state": "extracted" }, "measurement_period": { "answer": "2024-07-01_to_2025-06-30", "state": "extracted" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "B", "components": { "facility_overhead_pue": "included" } }, "as_of": "2025-06-30", "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "relayed_from_investigator_not_independently_read", "notes": { "en": "Limited to fully owned and managed facilities operating for the full year; not an all-cloud average including leased or colocation capacity." } }, { "id": "disc-microsoft-water_usage", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "microsoft", "item": "water_usage", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_full", "source_ids": [ "src-microsoft-data-factsheet-2026", "src-microsoft-envreport-2026" ], "publishable": true, "numeric_use": "forbidden", "disclosed_values": { "unit": "ML", "withdrawal": 13266, "consumption": 8170, "replenishment": 14278, "state": "extracted" }, "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_extracted" }, "definition_completeness": { "onsite_or_including_offsite_power": { "answer": null, "state": "not_extracted" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "as_of": "2025-06-30", "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "relayed_from_investigator_not_independently_read", "notes": { "en": "Replenishment need not mean water physically returned to the same facility or source. Water quantities are excluded from numeric use in the report under dec-F." } }, { "id": "disc-microsoft-grid_mix_or_carbon", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "microsoft", "item": "grid_mix_or_carbon", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_partial", "source_ids": [ "src-microsoft-envreport-2026", "src-microsoft-data-factsheet-2026" ], "publishable": true, "disclosed_values": { "renewable_electricity_matching_percent": 100, "long_term_contract_share": { "lower_bound_percent": 90, "state": "extracted" }, "state": "extracted" }, "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_extracted" }, "definition_completeness": { "market_based_or_location_based": { "answer": "annual_market_based_matching", "state": "extracted" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "not_disclosed": [ "physical_generation_mix", "company_wide_gco2e_per_kwh" ], "as_of": "2025-06-30", "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "relayed_from_investigator_not_independently_read", "notes": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" } }, { "id": "disc-microsoft-hardware_embodied", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "microsoft", "item": "hardware_embodied", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_partial", "source_ids": [ "src-microsoft-data-factsheet-2026" ], "publishable": true, "disclosed_value": { "value": 9044000, "unit": "tCO2e", "category": "Scope_3_Category_2_Capital_Goods", "state": "extracted", "numeric_use": "forbidden" }, "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_extracted" }, "definition_completeness": { "amortization_period": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "C", "components": { "embodied_hardware": "included", "datacenter_construction": "included" } }, "as_of": "2025-06-30", "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "relayed_from_investigator_not_independently_read", "notes": { "en": "An aggregate Capital Goods figure; AI GPU and server manufacturing and data-centre construction cannot be isolated." } }, { "id": "disc-microsoft-third_party_assurance", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "microsoft", "item": "third_party_assurance", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_partial", "source_ids": [ "src-microsoft-reports-hub-2026" ], "publishable": true, "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": "statement_listed", "state": "extracted" }, "definition_completeness": { "assurance_level": { "answer": null, "state": "not_extracted" }, "assurer_name": { "answer": null, "state": "not_extracted" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "as_of": "2025-06-30", "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "relayed_from_investigator_not_independently_read", "notes": { "en": "The Reports Hub lists an independent accountant's review, but the return did not extract the assurer, level or metric-by-metric scope." } }, { "id": "disc-meta-inference_energy_per_request", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "meta", "item": "inference_energy_per_request", "disclosure_status": "not_disclosed_no_statement", "knowledge_state": "investigated_not_found", "source_ids": [ "src-meta-data-index-2025", "src-meta-llama4-modelcard-2025" ], "publishable": true, "search_paths_taken": [ { "en": "Checked the Environmental Data Index, Sustainability Report, Llama 4 model card and official Meta AI materials." } ], "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "definition_completeness": { "per_request_or_per_token": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "pue_included": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "model_specified": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "as_of": "2024-12-31", "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "relayed_from_investigator_not_independently_read", "notes": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" } }, { "id": "disc-meta-training_energy_total", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "meta", "item": "training_energy_total", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_partial", "source_ids": [ "src-meta-llama4-modelcard-2025" ], "publishable": true, "reported_inputs": { "models": [ "Llama 4 Scout", "Llama 4 Maverick" ], "gpu_hours_total": 7380000, "accelerator": "H100-80GB", "tdp_w": 700, "state": "extracted", "numeric_use": "forbidden" }, "knowledge_state": "not_reported", "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "definition_completeness": { "which_model": { "answer": "Llama_4_Scout_and_Maverick", "state": "extracted" }, "pretraining_only_or_including_runs": { "answer": "pretraining_only", "state": "extracted" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "A", "components": { "gpu_compute": "included" } }, "as_of": "2025-04", "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "relayed_from_investigator_not_independently_read", "notes": { "en": "GPU-hours and TDP are published, but total energy is not reported directly. A multiplication-based estimate is not treated as Meta's disclosed energy figure." } }, { "id": "disc-meta-datacenter_pue", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "meta", "item": "datacenter_pue", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_but_undefined", "source_ids": [ "src-meta-data-index-2025", "src-meta-cdp-2022" ], "publishable": true, "disclosed_value": { "value": 1.08, "unit": "PUE", "state": "extracted", "scope": "2024_reported_average" }, "comparison_baseline": { "source_id": "src-meta-cdp-2022", "value": 1.8, "unit": "PUE", "numeric_use": "forbidden", "source_of_baseline": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "population": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "reference_period": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "definition_completeness": { "fleet_average_or_site": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "measurement_period": { "answer": "2024", "state": "extracted" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "B", "components": {} }, "as_of": "2024-12-31", "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "relayed_from_investigator_not_independently_read", "notes": { "en": "The inclusion of owned and leased sites and the averaging method are unreported. Meta's CDP response states a comparison figure but gives no original source, population or reference period, so it is unusable." } }, { "id": "disc-meta-water_usage", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "meta", "item": "water_usage", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_full", "source_ids": [ "src-meta-data-index-2025", "src-meta-ey-assurance-2025" ], "publishable": true, "numeric_use": "forbidden", "disclosed_values": { "unit": "ML", "withdrawal_total": 5637, "withdrawal_datacenters": 4145, "withdrawal_offices": 1492, "consumption": 3123, "construction_use_excluded_from_operational_withdrawal": 1019, "state": "extracted" }, "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": "limited_assurance_for_withdrawal_and_consumption", "state": "extracted" }, "definition_completeness": { "onsite_or_including_offsite_power": { "answer": "operational_sites_with_construction_separately_excluded", "state": "extracted" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "B", "components": { "cooling_water": "included", "datacenter_construction": "excluded" } }, "as_of": "2024-12-31", "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "relayed_from_investigator_not_independently_read", "notes": { "en": "Construction water is reported separately from operational withdrawal. Water quantities are excluded from numeric use in the report under dec-F." } }, { "id": "disc-meta-grid_mix_or_carbon", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "meta", "item": "grid_mix_or_carbon", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_partial", "source_ids": [ "src-meta-data-index-2025", "src-meta-ey-assurance-2025" ], "publishable": true, "disclosed_values": { "electricity_mwh": 18423634, "grid_share_percent": { "lower_bound": 99, "operator": "greater_than" }, "renewable_matching_percent": 100, "scope2_market_based_tco2e": 1358, "scope2_location_based_tco2e": 5967348, "state": "extracted" }, "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": "limited_assurance_selected_indicators", "state": "extracted" }, "definition_completeness": { "market_based_or_location_based": { "answer": "both_reported_and_renewable_matching_is_market_based", "state": "extracted" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "as_of": "2024-12-31", "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "relayed_from_investigator_not_independently_read", "notes": { "en": "Renewable matching is not the physical instantaneous generation mix. Location-based and market-based values are kept separately." } }, { "id": "disc-meta-hardware_embodied", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "meta", "item": "hardware_embodied", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_partial", "source_ids": [ "src-meta-data-index-2025" ], "publishable": true, "disclosed_value": { "value": 5517614, "unit": "tCO2e", "category": "Scope_3_Category_2_Capital_Goods", "state": "extracted", "numeric_use": "forbidden" }, "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_extracted" }, "definition_completeness": { "amortization_period": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "C", "components": { "embodied_hardware": "included", "datacenter_construction": "included" } }, "as_of": "2024-12-31", "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "relayed_from_investigator_not_independently_read", "notes": { "en": "An aggregate Capital Goods figure; AI hardware manufacturing cannot be isolated." } }, { "id": "disc-meta-third_party_assurance", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "meta", "item": "third_party_assurance", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_full", "source_ids": [ "src-meta-ey-assurance-2025" ], "publishable": true, "reported_by": "third_party_audit", "third_party_assurance": { "value": "limited_assurance", "state": "extracted" }, "definition_completeness": { "assurance_level": { "answer": "limited_assurance", "state": "extracted" }, "assurer_name": { "answer": "Ernst & Young LLP", "state": "extracted" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "as_of": "2024-12-31", "checked_at": "2026-08-27", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "relayed_from_investigator_not_independently_read", "notes": { "en": "Assurance covers selected indicators in Appendix A, not the whole report. The investigator did not find PUE in the assured indicator table." } }, { "id": "disc-xai-inference_energy_per_request", "status": "superseded", "superseded_by": "disc-xai-inference_energy_per_request-r2", "company": "xai", "item": "inference_energy_per_request", "disclosure_status": "not_disclosed_no_statement", "knowledge_state": "investigated_not_found", "source_ids": [], "publishable": true, "search_paths_taken": [ { "en": "Searched the official site with queries including site:x.ai Wh inference request prompt query Grok energy and site:x.ai/news Grok energy per request power per query inference." }, { "en": "Checked the Grok 4, Grok 4.5 and Grok 4.6 announcements, xAI model cards, and the API model, pricing and cost-tracking materials." }, { "en": "Found token-efficiency, speed and price disclosures, but no Wh, kWh or joule figure per request or per token." } ], "reported_by": "unknown", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "definition_completeness": { "per_request_or_per_token": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "pue_included": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "model_specified": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "as_of": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "as_of_note": { "en": "No disclosure was found, so there is no date for it to refer to." }, "checked_at": "2026-08-28", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "primary_source_read", "notes": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" } }, { "id": "disc-xai-training_energy_total", "status": "superseded", "superseded_by": "disc-xai-training_energy_total-r2", "company": "xai", "item": "training_energy_total", "disclosure_status": "not_disclosed_no_statement", "knowledge_state": "investigated_not_found", "source_ids": [], "publishable": true, "search_paths_taken": [ { "en": "Searched official materials with queries including site:x.ai/news Grok training GPU hours total energy kWh and site:data.x.ai Grok GPU hours training." }, { "en": "Checked the Grok 4, Grok 4.5 and Grok 4.6 training descriptions, the official Colossus page, current model cards and the Frontier Artificial Intelligence Framework." }, { "en": "Training processes and cluster scale are described, but no model-specific GPU-hours, total Wh or total kWh was found. No energy was inferred from cluster GPU counts." } ], "reported_by": "unknown", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "definition_completeness": { "which_model": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "pretraining_only_or_including_runs": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "as_of": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "as_of_note": { "en": "No total-energy disclosure was found, so there is no date for it to refer to." }, "checked_at": "2026-08-28", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "primary_source_read", "notes": { "en": "Descriptions of the training process were not counted as disclosure of total training energy." } }, { "id": "disc-xai-datacenter_pue", "status": "superseded", "superseded_by": "disc-xai-datacenter_pue-r2", "company": "xai", "item": "datacenter_pue", "disclosure_status": "not_disclosed_no_statement", "knowledge_state": "investigated_not_found", "source_ids": [], "publishable": true, "search_paths_taken": [ { "en": "Searched the official site for site:x.ai PUE Colossus data center, site:x.ai power usage effectiveness and site:x.ai sustainability PUE WUE." }, { "en": "Checked Colossus, the Memphis Information Center, Our Commitment, Leadership, Site Updates and official model materials." }, { "en": "Found no PUE value, no fleet-versus-site definition and no measurement period." } ], "reported_by": "unknown", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "definition_completeness": { "fleet_average_or_site": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "measurement_period": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "as_of": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "as_of_note": { "en": "No disclosure was found, so there is no date for it to refer to." }, "checked_at": "2026-08-28", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "primary_source_read", "notes": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" } }, { "id": "disc-xai-water_usage", "status": "superseded", "superseded_by": "disc-xai-water_usage-r2", "company": "xai", "item": "water_usage", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_partial", "knowledge_state": "extracted", "source_ids": [ "src-xai-memphis-commitment-2026", "src-xai-memphis-leadership-2026" ], "publishable": true, "numeric_use": "forbidden", "disclosed_values": { "expected_annual_aquifer_water_protected": { "value": 4.745, "unit": "billion_gallons", "period": "annual", "state": "extracted" }, "expected_aquifer_strain_reduction": { "value": 9, "unit": "percent", "state": "extracted" }, "current_withdrawal_or_consumption": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "scope": "future_recycling_plant_serving_xai_facility_and_other_major_industrial_users", "state": "extracted" }, "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "definition_completeness": { "onsite_or_including_offsite_power": { "answer": "future_recycling_plant_serving_xai_facility_and_other_major_industrial_users_current_operational_boundary_not_reported", "state": "extracted" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": { "cooling_water": "unknown" } }, "as_of": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "as_of_note": { "en": "The continuously updated pages state a forecast for future infrastructure but give no reference date for that forecast." }, "checked_at": "2026-08-28", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "primary_source_read", "notes": { "en": "This is a forecast for water protected by future recycling infrastructure, not current withdrawal or consumption. It was kept as partial disclosure and not substituted for a current value." } }, { "id": "disc-xai-grid_mix_or_carbon", "status": "superseded", "superseded_by": "disc-xai-grid_mix_or_carbon-r2", "company": "xai", "item": "grid_mix_or_carbon", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_partial", "knowledge_state": "extracted", "source_ids": [ "src-xai-memphis-leadership-2026", "src-xai-memphis-commitment-2026", "src-xai-memphis-updates-2026" ], "publishable": true, "numeric_use": "forbidden", "disclosed_values": { "electrolux_site": { "primary_supply": "local_grid_via_two_substations", "onsite_batteries": { "lower_bound": 240, "operator": "greater_than" }, "permitted_natural_gas_backup_generators": 15, "state": "extracted" }, "southaven_site_as_of_2026_07_30": { "temporary_mobile_turbines": 69, "permanent_power_plant_under_construction": { "value": 1.2, "unit": "GW" }, "permanent_turbines_planned": 41, "state": "extracted" }, "state": "extracted" }, "not_disclosed": [ "annual_generation_mix", "location_based_carbon_intensity", "market_based_carbon_intensity" ], "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "definition_completeness": { "market_based_or_location_based": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "as_of": "2026-07-30", "checked_at": "2026-08-28", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "primary_source_read", "notes": { "en": "Site-level power infrastructure is disclosed, but annual source shares and location-based or market-based carbon intensity are not. Capacity and equipment counts were not converted into an annual mix." } }, { "id": "disc-xai-hardware_embodied", "status": "superseded", "superseded_by": "disc-xai-hardware_embodied-r2", "company": "xai", "item": "hardware_embodied", "disclosure_status": "not_disclosed_no_statement", "knowledge_state": "investigated_not_found", "source_ids": [], "publishable": true, "search_paths_taken": [ { "en": "Searched the official site with queries including site:x.ai Scope 3 capital goods emissions hardware manufacturing xAI and site:x.ai embodied carbon hardware manufacturing Colossus." }, { "en": "Checked Colossus, Memphis facility materials, company information and official search results for sustainability, emissions and lifecycle reporting." }, { "en": "GPU counts and construction scale are described, but no embodied emissions for hardware or data-centre construction, Scope 3 Capital Goods figure or amortisation period was found." } ], "reported_by": "unknown", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "definition_completeness": { "amortization_period": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "as_of": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "as_of_note": { "en": "No disclosure was found, so there is no date for it to refer to." }, "checked_at": "2026-08-28", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "primary_source_read", "notes": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" } }, { "id": "disc-xai-third_party_assurance", "status": "superseded", "superseded_by": "disc-xai-third_party_assurance-r2", "company": "xai", "item": "third_party_assurance", "disclosure_status": "not_disclosed_no_statement", "knowledge_state": "investigated_not_found", "source_ids": [], "publishable": true, "search_paths_taken": [ { "en": "Searched the official site with queries including site:x.ai environmental assurance audit sustainability verifier xAI and site:x.ai independent assurance emissions water energy." }, { "en": "Checked Memphis water and power materials, official sustainability-related pages, model cards, safety materials, and Trust and Security materials." }, { "en": "Excluded third-party safety testing and information-security audits because they do not assure environmental metrics; no assurance statement covering water, energy, emissions or PUE was found." } ], "reported_by": "unknown", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "definition_completeness": { "assurance_level": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "assurer_name": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "as_of": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "as_of_note": { "en": "No environmental-assurance disclosure was found, so there is no date for it to refer to." }, "checked_at": "2026-08-28", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "primary_source_read", "notes": { "en": "No explicit refusal to publish was found." } }, { "id": "disc-xai-inference_energy_per_request-r2", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "xai", "item": "inference_energy_per_request", "disclosure_status": "not_disclosed_no_statement", "knowledge_state": "investigated_not_found", "source_ids": [], "publishable": true, "search_paths_taken": [ { "en": "Searched the official site with queries including site:x.ai Wh inference request prompt query Grok energy and site:x.ai/news Grok energy per request power per query inference." }, { "en": "Checked the Grok 4, Grok 4.5 and Grok 4.6 announcements, xAI model cards, and the API model, pricing and cost-tracking materials." }, { "en": "Found token-efficiency, speed and price disclosures, but no Wh, kWh or joule figure per request or per token." }, { "en": "Checked parent company SpaceX’s June 12, 2026 final Form 424B4 prospectus for xAI/AI segment, inference, energy, power, per request, per token, Wh and kWh." }, { "en": "The prospectus discusses power needs for inference and future cost per token, but reports no Wh/J per Grok request or token." }, { "en": "Also checked the August 4, 2026 Form 10-Q and SpaceX Investor Relations filings; no matching operational value was found." } ], "reported_by": "unknown", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "definition_completeness": { "per_request_or_per_token": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "pue_included": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "model_specified": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "as_of": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "as_of_note": { "en": "No disclosure was found, so there is no date for it to refer to." }, "checked_at": "2026-08-28", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "primary_source_read", "notes": { "en": "Rechecked after expanding the search to parent company SpaceX. Parent filings describe xAI/AI-segment infrastructure, but no disclosure matching this item was found." } }, { "id": "disc-xai-training_energy_total-r2", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "xai", "item": "training_energy_total", "disclosure_status": "not_disclosed_no_statement", "knowledge_state": "investigated_not_found", "source_ids": [], "publishable": true, "search_paths_taken": [ { "en": "Searched official materials with queries including site:x.ai/news Grok training GPU hours total energy kWh and site:data.x.ai Grok GPU hours training." }, { "en": "Checked the Grok 4, Grok 4.5 and Grok 4.6 training descriptions, the official Colossus page, current model cards and the Frontier Artificial Intelligence Framework." }, { "en": "Training processes and cluster scale are described, but no model-specific GPU-hours, total Wh or total kWh was found. No energy was inferred from cluster GPU counts." }, { "en": "Checked parent SpaceX’s Form 424B4 and Q2 2026 Form 10-Q for training, energy, GPU-hours, Wh, kWh, COLOSSUS and AI segment." }, { "en": "The prospectus gives COLOSSUS/II compute capacities and cluster scale but no model-specific GPU-hours or total training Wh/kWh. Installed capacity was not converted into total energy." }, { "en": "No total training-energy disclosure was found in parent-company investor materials or an environmental/sustainability report." } ], "reported_by": "unknown", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "definition_completeness": { "which_model": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "pretraining_only_or_including_runs": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "as_of": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "as_of_note": { "en": "No total-energy disclosure was found, so there is no date for it to refer to." }, "checked_at": "2026-08-28", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "primary_source_read", "notes": { "en": "Rechecked after expanding the search to parent company SpaceX. Parent filings describe xAI/AI-segment infrastructure, but no disclosure matching this item was found." } }, { "id": "disc-xai-datacenter_pue-r2", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "xai", "item": "datacenter_pue", "disclosure_status": "not_disclosed_no_statement", "knowledge_state": "investigated_not_found", "source_ids": [], "publishable": true, "search_paths_taken": [ { "en": "Searched the official site for site:x.ai PUE Colossus data center, site:x.ai power usage effectiveness and site:x.ai sustainability PUE WUE." }, { "en": "Checked Colossus, the Memphis Information Center, Our Commitment, Leadership, Site Updates and official model materials." }, { "en": "Found no PUE value, no fleet-versus-site definition and no measurement period." }, { "en": "Checked SpaceX Form 424B4, Q2 10-Q and Investor Relations for PUE, Power Usage Effectiveness and data-center efficiency." }, { "en": "The prospectus contains PUE 1.2 only as a target-PUE assumption in a 2030 AI-infrastructure market-sizing calculation, not as measured COLOSSUS/II PUE, so it was not counted as an operational disclosure." }, { "en": "No fleet-average or site-measured PUE and measurement period was found in the parent materials." } ], "reported_by": "unknown", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "definition_completeness": { "fleet_average_or_site": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "measurement_period": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "as_of": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "as_of_note": { "en": "No disclosure was found, so there is no date for it to refer to." }, "checked_at": "2026-08-28", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "primary_source_read", "notes": { "en": "The parent prospectus uses PUE 1.2 as a market-sizing assumption, not an operational measurement, so it was excluded. No measured PUE was found after the parent-company search." } }, { "id": "disc-xai-hardware_embodied-r2", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "xai", "item": "hardware_embodied", "disclosure_status": "not_disclosed_no_statement", "knowledge_state": "investigated_not_found", "source_ids": [], "publishable": true, "search_paths_taken": [ { "en": "Searched the official site with queries including site:x.ai Scope 3 capital goods emissions hardware manufacturing xAI and site:x.ai embodied carbon hardware manufacturing Colossus." }, { "en": "Checked Colossus, Memphis facility materials, company information and official search results for sustainability, emissions and lifecycle reporting." }, { "en": "GPU counts and construction scale are described, but no embodied emissions for hardware or data-centre construction, Scope 3 Capital Goods figure or amortisation period was found." }, { "en": "Checked SpaceX Form 424B4, Q2 10-Q and Investor Relations for Scope 3, capital goods, embodied carbon, hardware manufacturing, lifecycle and Terafab." }, { "en": "The prospectus describes AI-hardware manufacturing plans and Terafab, but reports no embodied emissions for AI hardware or data-center construction, no Scope 3 Capital Goods total and no amortisation period." } ], "reported_by": "unknown", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "definition_completeness": { "amortization_period": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "as_of": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "as_of_note": { "en": "No disclosure was found, so there is no date for it to refer to." }, "checked_at": "2026-08-28", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "primary_source_read", "notes": { "en": "Rechecked after expanding the search to parent company SpaceX. Parent filings describe xAI/AI-segment infrastructure, but no disclosure matching this item was found." } }, { "id": "disc-xai-third_party_assurance-r2", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "xai", "item": "third_party_assurance", "disclosure_status": "not_disclosed_no_statement", "knowledge_state": "investigated_not_found", "source_ids": [], "publishable": true, "search_paths_taken": [ { "en": "Searched the official site with queries including site:x.ai environmental assurance audit sustainability verifier xAI and site:x.ai independent assurance emissions water energy." }, { "en": "Checked Memphis water and power materials, official sustainability-related pages, model cards, safety materials, and Trust and Security materials." }, { "en": "Excluded third-party safety testing and information-security audits because they do not assure environmental metrics; no assurance statement covering water, energy, emissions or PUE was found." }, { "en": "Checked SpaceX Form 424B4, Q2 10-Q and Investor Relations for environmental assurance, sustainability assurance, GHG assurance and water/energy verification." }, { "en": "Financial-statement auditor disclosures are present, but no third-party assurance statement for environmental metrics such as PUE, water, energy or GHG was found; financial audit was not counted as environmental assurance." } ], "reported_by": "unknown", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "definition_completeness": { "assurance_level": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "assurer_name": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "as_of": { "value": null, "state": "not_applicable" }, "as_of_note": { "en": "No environmental-assurance disclosure was found, so there is no date for it to refer to." }, "checked_at": "2026-08-28", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "primary_source_read", "notes": { "en": "Rechecked after expanding the search to parent company SpaceX. Parent filings describe xAI/AI-segment infrastructure, but no disclosure matching this item was found." } }, { "id": "disc-xai-water_usage-r2", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "xai", "item": "water_usage", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_partial", "knowledge_state": "not_reported", "source_ids": [ "src-xai-memphis-leadership-2026", "src-xai-memphis-commitment-2026" ], "publishable": true, "numeric_use": "forbidden", "reported_inputs": { "future_recycling_plant_aquifer_protection": { "value": 4745000000, "unit": "gallons_per_year", "state": "extracted", "numeric_use": "forbidden" }, "future_recycling_plant_aquifer_reduction_percent": { "value": 9, "unit": "percent", "state": "extracted", "numeric_use": "forbidden" }, "state": "extracted" }, "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "definition_completeness": { "onsite_or_including_offsite_power": { "answer": "future_onsite_industrial_water_source_claim_only", "state": "extracted" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "B", "components": { "future_recycled_water_supply": "included", "current_operational_withdrawal": "not_reported", "current_operational_consumption": "not_reported" } }, "as_of": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "checked_at": "2026-08-28", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "primary_source_read", "notes": { "en": "A future recycling project is quantified in terms of aquifer protection, but current facility withdrawal and consumption are not reported. The projected reduction is not treated as current water use." } }, { "id": "disc-xai-grid_mix_or_carbon-r2", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "company": "xai", "item": "grid_mix_or_carbon", "disclosure_status": "disclosed_partial", "knowledge_state": "not_reported", "source_ids": [ "src-xai-memphis-leadership-2026", "src-xai-memphis-commitment-2026", "src-xai-memphis-updates-2026" ], "publishable": true, "reported_inputs": { "electrolux_substation_capacity": { "value": 150, "unit": "MW", "state": "extracted", "numeric_use": "forbidden" }, "electrolux_permitted_backup_natural_gas_generators": { "value": 15, "unit": "generators", "state": "extracted", "numeric_use": "forbidden" }, "southaven_permanent_power_plant_capacity": { "value": 1.2, "unit": "GW", "state": "extracted", "numeric_use": "forbidden" }, "southaven_permanent_turbines": { "value": 41, "unit": "turbines", "state": "extracted", "numeric_use": "forbidden" }, "southaven_temporary_mobile_turbines_as_of_update": { "value": 69, "unit": "turbines", "state": "extracted", "numeric_use": "forbidden" }, "state": "extracted" }, "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "definition_completeness": { "market_based_or_location_based": { "answer": "physical_site_power_sources_not_accounting_mix", "state": "extracted" } }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "B", "components": { "grid_supply": "included", "onsite_natural_gas_generation": "included", "annual_energy_mix": "not_reported", "carbon_intensity": "not_reported" } }, "as_of": "2026-07-30", "checked_at": "2026-08-28", "checked_by": "chatgpt-gpt-5-6", "verified_by_model": "gpt-5.6", "verification_depth": "primary_source_read", "notes": { "en": "Physical site power infrastructure is disclosed, but annual generation shares and location- or market-based carbon intensity are not. Nameplate capacity is not treated as annual electricity consumption or an energy mix." } }, { "id": "disc-openai-training_energy_total-r2", "status": "active", "superseded_by": null, "previous_id": "disc-openai-training_energy_total", "company": "openai", "item": "training_energy_total", "reported_by": "vendor_self_reported", "third_party_assurance": { "value": null, "state": "not_investigated" }, "boundary_claimed": { "tier": "unknown", "components": {} }, "checked_at": "2026-08-28", "checked_by": "editor", "verified_by_model": "claude-opus-5", "disclosure_status": "not_disclosed_no_statement", "knowledge_state": "not_reported", "source_ids": [ "src-openai-gpt4-techreport", "src-openai-gpt56-systemcard", "src-stanford-fmti-2025-openai" ], "publishable": true, "definition_completeness": { "which_model": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "pretraining_only_or_including_runs": { "answer": null, "state": "not_reported" } }, "detail": { "en": "The GPT-4 Technical Report states that it discloses no details of architecture, hardware, training compute, dataset construction or training method, citing competition and safety." }, "important_nuance": { "en": "This is not a statement that training energy is withheld. What is withheld are the inputs an outsider would need to recompute it independently: training compute and hardware. Do not conflate the two." }, "additional": { "en": "The GPT-5.6 System Card's Model Data and Training section likewise states no training energy, duration, GPU type or count, data centre, PUE, carbon intensity or training water use." }, "integrity_issues": [ { "id": "ii-008", "severity": "major", "affects_cited_value": true, "description": { "en": "The published figure of 700,000 A100-equivalent GPU hours for GPT-5.6 is the compute for automated safety red-teaming, not for training the model." }, "action": { "en": "Never use it as total training energy." } } ], "notes": { "en": "Among the six companies this is the only refusal with a stated reason. The others are silences, which is a different kind of gap." }, "as_of": { "value": null, "state": "not_reported" }, "related_inputs_withheld": { "stated": true, "inputs": [ "architecture", "hardware", "training_compute", "dataset_construction", "training_method" ], "reasons_given": [ "competitive_landscape", "safety_implications_of_large_scale_models" ], "source_ids": [ "src-openai-gpt4-techreport" ], "note": { "en": "This is not a statement that the energy total itself is withheld. What is withheld are the inputs an outsider would need to compute the total independently. The table marks the distinction in a footnote." } } } ] }