Training a single large AI model can consume as much electricity as hundreds of households use in a year. Data centres, the backbone of AI, are expanding rapidly.

I kept hearing that AI data centers are draining towns dry, so I investigated the evidence. Here's what I found about water use, electricity demand and the real environmental…

Training a single large AI model can consume as much electricity as hundreds of households use in a year. Data centres, the backbone of AI, are expanding rapidly.