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Arizona RepublicSunday, 10 May 2026
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When curiosity consumes
Artificial intelligence promises limitless thinking. Its footprint on water, air and power is anything but small.
The paper highlights the environmental cost of artificial intelligence, juxtaposing the technology's intellectual promise with its physical consumption of natural resources.
As generative AI technologies rapidly expand, the massive data centers required to run them are increasingly scrutinised for their high energy and water consumption.
“anything but small”
“Cautionary on technological impacts”
Looking for the light
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