Meta exec: AI feels weightless, but its infrastructure has a real physical footprint
moniquejmorrow · x · 2026-11-14
Monique Morrow (Meta) points out that AI may feel weightless when we use it, but the infrastructure behind it is anything but: compute needs energy, cooling, land, materials, and communities willing to host it. Digital progress still has a physical footprint — a general observation on the social costs and local impact of AI buildout.
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