Written by - Arunima Jha, High Court of Bombay & Arkadyuti Sarkar, High Court of Calcutta Artificial intelligence is sold and adopted as a clean and weightless technology. Yet, its physical substrate consumes electricity on a national scale, drinks fresh water in cities that cannot spare it, and leaves a widening trail of electronic waste. The carbon footprint of AI systems alone is projected at between 32.6 and 79.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2025, with a water footprint reaching...