Henry Baker

About

Henry's research at the Weizenbaum Institut will explore the environmental impact of AI training workloads, focusing on energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Using data centre trace data, Henry's research will develop predictive and disaggregation models to estimate electricity usage for AI tasks. This project aims to provide insights into the sustainability of AI infrastructure and to support responsible, data-driven carbon accounting for large-scale AI deployments.

Prior to joining the Weizenbaum Institute, Henry worked in Tokyo on issues of technology and international development at Rakuten and the Ashinaga Foundation. In these positions, he focused on fostering technical and educational collaboration between Japan and sub-Saharan Africa while bringing new perspectives to evaluation efforts, leveraging digital technologies, and implementing agile management practice for public sector innovation.

More recently, Henry has worked on research projects at the Open Data Institution's (ODI)'s data-centric AI programme, and at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi). Currently Henry studies Public Policy and Data Science as a Data for Good scholar at the Hertie School, Berlin - where he also teaches on some of the technical courses. He holds a degree in Modern History from the University of Oxford.