AI is Secretly Thirstier Than You Think: The Hidden Water Footprint of Artificial Intelligence
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When we talk about the environmental cost of Artificial Intelligence, the conversation almost always lands on carbon footprints and power grids . We read about massive GPU clusters, energy spikes, and server farms pulling megawatts from local grids. But there is another critical resource quietly di…
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AI is Secretly Thirstier Than You Think: The Hidden Water Footprint of Artificial Intelligence
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