Are Companies’ A.I. Ambitions on a Collision Course With Their Sustainability Goals?

For a while, A.I. enjoyed the rare privilege of being sold as everything all at once: a productivity tool, a growth story, a labor-saving device and, by implication, a cleaner, smarter way of running a business. It was the corporate miracle diet. It helped cut costs, increase output, automate the boring bits and, somehow, remain comfortably on track for net zero. 

Miracles, however, tend to look more expensive when the electricity bill arrives. As the power demands of A.I. infrastructure become harder to ignore...