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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
- 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
- Black Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis Anslow Thu, 10 Apr 25, 5:00pmA new progressivism, one that embraces construction over obstruction, must find new allegories to think about technology and the future
- Energy demands from AI datacentres to quadruple by 2030, says report Thu, 10 Apr 25, 2:00pmThe IEA forecast indicates a sharp rise in the requirements of AI, but said threat to the climate was ‘overstated’
- Power struggle: will Brazil’s booming datacentre industry leave ordinary people in the dark? Tue, 4 Mar 25, 11:31pmWhile millions live with regular blackouts and limited energy, plants are being built to satisfy the global demand for digital storage and processing – piling pressure on an already fragile system
- AI is developing fast, but regulators must be faster | Letters Sat, 8 Feb 25, 5:01amDr Tom McClelland on the consequences of AI consciousness, Michael Webb on protecting creative industries, and Prof Virginia Dignum and Prof Wendy Hall on the need for a global regulatory framework
- Call to make tech firms report data centre energy use as AI booms Fri, 7 Feb 25, 11:01amExperts say mandatory reporting on energy and water use is needed to avoid irreparable damage to environment
- What International AI Safety report says on jobs, climate, cyberwar and more Thu, 30 Jan 25, 12:45amWide-ranging investigation says impact on work likely to be profound, but opinion on risk of human extinction varies
- Weatherwatch: Could small nuclear reactors help curb extreme weather? Fri, 17 Jan 25, 5:00pmAs natural disasters make need to cut CO2 emissions clearer than ever, energy demand of AI systems is about to soar
- Could Keir Starmer’s AI dream derail his own green energy promise? Wed, 15 Jan 25, 5:09amAs PM pins hopes on AI, what effect will building energy-hungry datacentres have on Labour’s clean power pledge?
- No 10 says Starmer does expect Reeves to stay as chancellor until general election – UK politics live Tue, 14 Jan 25, 5:19amDowning Street says prime minster has ‘full confidence’ in chancellor and will be working with her ‘in role of chancellor’ for the whole of this parliament
- No 10 says Starmer does expect Reeves to stay as chancellor until general election – as it happened Tue, 14 Jan 25, 5:19amDowning Street says prime minster has ‘full confidence’ in chancellor and will be working with her ‘in role of chancellor’ for the whole of this parliament
- AI-fuelled cloud storage boom threatens Irish climate targets, report warns Wed, 11 Dec 24, 12:42amFriends of the Earth calls on government to rein in growth of datacentres for fear they could increase fossil fuel use
- ‘An AI Fukushima is inevitable’: scientists discuss technology’s immense potential and dangers Sat, 23 Nov 24, 12:20amExperts are optimistic about energy and drug production breakthroughs but also fear its potential misuse
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