A first look into the carbon footprint of federated learning

Understand

Despite impressive results, deep learning-based technologies also raise severe privacy and environmental concerns induced by the training procedure often conducted in data centers.

• In response, alternatives to centralized training such as Federated Learning (FL) have emerged.
• Perhaps unexpectedly, FL is starting to be deployed at a global scale by companies that must adhere to new legal demands and policies originating from governments and social groups advocating for privacy protection.
• \textit{However, the potential environmental impact related to FL remains unclear and unexplored.