As artificial intelligence (AI) has grown exponentially in both ability and accessibility in recent years, the UVA Environmental Institute is considering two aspects of this change: 1) how AI can help advance discoveries, and 2) how the creation of large-scale data centers to accommodate growing demand for AI is affecting the environment.
The Institute has supported over 15 projects that research the intersection of the environment and artificial intelligence and convenes a Research Interest Group every month to explore various related research ideas and opportunities in depth. The Environment + AI panel in the Environmental Futures Forum 2025 was standing-room only with over 200 audience members.
Explore more of what UVA is doing when it comes to research on the environment and the exploding usage of artificial intelligence below.
