SUSTAINABLE INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: A FRAMEWORK FOR MITIGATING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF AI-DRIVEN CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE.

The rapid proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and high-performance cloud computing hascreated a critical tension between technological advancement and environmental sustainability. WhileAI offers transformative potential for organizational efficiency, its 'hidden' environmental costs—driven by massive electricity consumption, water-intensive cooling, and electronic waste—threatenglobal net-zero objectives. This paper addresses a significant research gap in the field of InformationResou