Disaster is nearing. Mass displacement. Mass starvation. Mass death. It is all imminent. Do you understand?
(slrpnk.net)
Here's one:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.02243v1
Below is an article on crypto mining, not AI, but I'd wager a guess and say you certainly can draw parallels from it:
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023EF003871
Also, whatever the source of green/renewable energy is, it takes a couple years to offset the manufacturing of said energy source:
https://www.cooleffect.org/solar-carbon-footprint
So even if there's no direct source on that 10 year claim, it probably isn't too farfetched!