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The Digital Dust Bowl: The Brutal Physical Reality Of The AI Boom
Forbes·July 19, 2026
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AI's rapid expansion demands massive physical infrastructure, requiring enormous amounts of land, water, and electricity to power data centers across the globe. The article examines how this boom disproportionately impacts local communities through resource depletion, environmental degradation, and hidden costs that often go unacknowledged in discussions of technological progress.
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AI runs on land, water, and power—not the cloud. Here is the brutal physical footprint of the data center boom, and the hidden cost communities are paying.
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