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- Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply 17 hours agoThe demand for use in cooling in Sydney alone is expected to exceed the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade
- Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. Could they derail Australia’s net zero ambitions? 2 days agoBanks of servers operating 24/7 generate massive amounts of heat, requiring power to run and cool them
- Trump officials announce $1bn loan to restart Three Mile Island nuclear plant Thu, 20 Nov 25, 4:55amFacility that was site of worst nuclear disaster in US history will provide power for Microsoft datacenters
- Scrapping green subsidies is short-termist sabotage – and as usual the consumer will pay | Camilla Born Sat, 15 Nov 25, 4:53amWeaning ourselves off gas is the only way to reduce energy bills long term. Cutting support for this is exactly the ‘sticking-plaster politics’ Labour promised to end
- Anthropic announces $50bn plan for datacenter construction in US Thu, 13 Nov 25, 9:29amAI startup behind Claude chatbot working with London-based Fluidstack on building vast new computing facilities
- Flooded UK coalmines could provide low-carbon cheap heat ‘for generations’ Thu, 6 Nov 25, 11:00pmReport says proven technology could benefit thousands in poor quality housing and help UK meet carbon reduction targets
- UK politics: Trump suggests Starmer use army to tackle migration and says Putin ‘really let me down’ over Ukraine – as it happened Fri, 19 Sep 25, 3:10amUS and UK leaders also quizzed over Gaza and free speech as Trump claims he did not know former US ambassador, Peter Mandelson
- Trump suggests Starmer use military to cu– UK politics live Fri, 19 Sep 25, 3:10amUS and UK leaders also quizzed over Gaza and free speech as Trump claims he did not know former US ambassador, Peter Mandelson
- Powering up: how Ethiopia is becoming an unlikely leader in the electric vehicle revolution Fri, 12 Sep 25, 8:00pmA country plagued by power cuts has become the first to ban imports of petrol and diesel cars, as a new dam brings hopes of cheap green energy
- Powering change: UK battery firms aim to unlock the way to net zero Tue, 9 Sep 25, 7:00pmCompanies using different technologies for long-duration storage seek funding as country shifts to renewables and requires greater energy security
- Dutch team 'back from the ashes' of 2019 fire to win World Solar Challenge Thu, 28 Aug 25, 2:02pmDutch team Brunel has been crowned the winners of the 2025 World Solar Challenge after a five-day marathon race across the Australian outback.
- Futuristic homemade cars zoom through the outback in the name of science Wed, 27 Aug 25, 6:45amSolar-powered vehicles designed by university students from around the world have descended on the Northern Territory's remote outback, bringing a sense of science fiction to the sparse landscape as they race from Darwin...
- Angela Rayner hit with legal challenge over datacentre on green belt land Thu, 21 Aug 25, 3:00pmExclusive: Campaigners complain no environmental assessment made for 90MW Buckinghamshire facility
- Russian hackers seized control of Norwegian dam, spy chief says Thu, 14 Aug 25, 7:42pmBeate Gangås says attack in April by Norway’s ‘dangerous neighbour’ aimed to cause fear and chaos
- OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models Sat, 9 Aug 25, 8:00pmExperts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost
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