A.I.'S Environmental Impact Will Threaten Its Own Supply Chain

Alt title: This Town’s Minerals Make A.I. Possible. Then Came Hurricane Helene.

Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/opinion/ai-quartz-mining-...

That's OK, I.B.M. and G.M. are cooperating to manufacture enough unnecessary periods to keep the N.Y.T. healthy for many years to come.