AI's insatiable appetite for cash, energy and data: Bubble ahead?

Update: 2025-11-12

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Could the artificial intelligence boom already be running out of road? We examine the warning signs. To think that three short years ago, the commercial launch of ChatGPT took the world by storm. AI has since sparked a global race for cash, energy resources and data – all to feed the seemingly insatiable appetite of large language model computing systems.

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