Enterprise AI Glossary · Reviewed June 2026
Energy-Aware Routing (Green AI)
Routing decisions that consider the energy and carbon profile of each model, not only quality and cost.
What is Energy-Aware Routing (Green AI)?
Energy-aware routing prefers smaller, more efficient models for high-volume work where the quality threshold is met, reserving frontier models for steps that genuinely need them. See Orchestration & Energy research and the white paper How We Reduce Energy Consumption.
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