ByteDance
AI LabLegal name: ByteDance Ltd. · HQ: CN · Private · Founded 2012
Operator of TikTok/Douyin and developer of the Doubao model family, the most-used AI assistant in China. Runs one of the largest global data center fleets and is doubling AI capex in 2026, yet publishes no sustainability report — among the least transparent large AI operators.
Disclosure Quality
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Transparency Grade
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Grades run T-1 (most transparent) to T-5 (least transparent).
Score computed from OpenButterfly T1–T6 disclosure framework audit. Confidence tier: C (Estimated, Documented Method).
Environmental Metrics
Fiscal year 2026. Each metric is shown at its most recent available year; rows from a different year are marked.
Confidence tiers: A measured and verified · B company-reported · C documented estimate · D uncertain estimate · E modeled · ND not disclosed.
Total Energy Consumption
14.0 TWh
≈ the annual electricity use of 1.3 million US homes
method: known_capacity_model
Source: OpenButterfly pipeline
Scope 1 Emissions
154 kt CO₂e
≈ the annual emissions of 33,000 passenger cars
method: scope1_ratio_model
Source: OpenButterfly pipeline
Scope 2 Emissions (market-based)
6.14 Mt CO₂e
≈ the annual emissions of 1.3 million passenger cars
method: grid_carbon_model
Source: OpenButterfly pipeline
Scope 3 Emissions
11.75 Mt CO₂e
≈ the annual emissions of 2.6 million passenger cars
method: scope3_ratio_model
Source: OpenButterfly pipeline
Water Withdrawal
16.8 GL
≈ 6,701 Olympic swimming pools of water
method: wue_model
Source: OpenButterfly pipeline
Property-Line Noise (estimated)
~57.2 dBA at property line
method: cooling_load_noise_model
Source: OpenButterfly pipeline