Small businesses are turning to AI to save time and cut costs, and rightly so. But there's a side of the equation most founders never see: every prompt sent to a large language model draws real electricity from a data centre, and a poorly structured request adds directly to your bill. It's a cost worth understanding, both on your bill and on the planet. Download our Carbon Reduction Plan to see how we're tackling it.
Our recent article, How Much Does AI Cost a Small Business in 2026?, unpacks this in more detail.







