Sustainable AI: Emerging Trends, Impacts, and Future Challenges

Sustainable AI considers both the environmental impact of AI technologies and their role in advancing global sustainability. This study provides a comprehensive analysis of emerging trends in sustainable AI, highlighting energy-efficient algorithms, green data centers, AI-driven resource management, and ethical governance. It emphasizes AI's dual nature, its potential to drive climate action and socio-economic progress, alongside risks such as carbon emissions, e-waste, and digital inequality. The study underscores the need for interdisciplinary collaboration, inclusive policies, and standardized sustainability metrics to ensure responsible AI deployment. By identifying barriers and proposing strategies, it offers guidance to researchers, policymakers, and industry leaders on aligning AI with long-term environmental, ethical, and social objectives.