[gchadwick]

I believe the concern is everyone wants a foundation model, each one may have a comparatively tiny energy/carbon cost (vs yearly global usage and carbon output) but if there's lots of organisations training them up this all adds up. The energy data can help decide how much of a problem this is to worry about (solved through open models you can fine tune rather than always starting from scratch or maybe some regulations around model licensing that looks like the FRAND terms you see for patents and other IP.