# One report just put a number on AI’s e-waste pile: 23 million shipping containers by 2050

Picture 23 million shipping containers packed with dead electronics. That, according to a new report, is the scale of the junk heap the AI buildout will leave behind by 2050 — line up that many 40-foot containers end to end and they would circle the planet roughly six times. The figure was published

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| Published | 17 September 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/one-report-just-put-a-number-on-ais-e-waste-pile-23-million-shipping-containers-by-2050/