The hidden environmental cost of AI systems

this piece looks at the hidden environmental cost of AI, from energy-hungry training runs to the water and hardware footprint behind all the glossy demos.

https://uxdesign.cc/what-is-ai-really-costing-the-planet-ec14be648d65?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4

here’s the image that goes with the piece:.

The water part is the one that always surprises people. Everyone pictures electricity and “the cloud, ” but not the literal cooling water and the supply chain behind the hardware. It feels like one of those hidden building systems you never see until it fails.