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Explained

Why AI Agents Guzzle So Much More Power Than a Simple Chatbot

AI is shifting from quick questions and answers to agents that run for hours on their own. That shift explains the data-centre building boom, and a growing energy bill.

5 min read
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AI Business

Los centros de datos estadounidenses podrían consumir más gas natural que Alemania y Japón combinados para 2035

Un nuevo informe de BloombergNEF casi duplica su propia previsión de hace nueve meses, descubriendo que el apetito de energía de la IA podría añadir el equivalente del 12% de las emisiones totales de gases de efecto invernadero de EE.UU. cada día.

4 min read
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Policy

Al Gore Says Stop Worrying About the Data Center and Start Reading the Safety Reports

The former vice president thinks emissions fears are overblown. What keeps him up at night is what AI companies are quietly disclosing about their own models.

3 min read
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Science & Space

Google's AI Weather Model Gives Forecasters an Extra Day to Warn People About Hurricanes

A new study in Nature finds that Google's WeatherNext model predicts cyclone paths three days out with the same accuracy older systems only managed two days out. That extra 24 hours could matter enormously for evacuation decisions.

3 min read
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Policy

Communities Around the World Are Pushing Back Against AI Data Centres

From Scotland to India, local groups say the giant buildings that power AI are eating too much energy and land. Governments are starting to listen.

3 min read
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Policy

Who should pay for the power hungry AI data centres? Readers say: the companies building them

Two planned UK data centres could emit more carbon than ExxonMobil. Letter writers want the tech industry to generate its own electricity and clean up its own mess.

3 min read
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Policy

Why Everyone Suddenly Has Strong Opinions About Data Centres

Those giant warehouse buildings humming away on the edge of town power all the AI tools you use daily. Now they're sparking political fights from both sides. Here's what's going on.

3 min read
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Science & Space

Fifty Eyes in the Sky: How AI Satellites Are Catching Wildfires Before They Spread

A new network of space-based sensors paired with AI aims to spot a wildfire while it is still small enough to stamp out. Three satellites launched in July. Forty-seven more are planned.

3 min read
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Policy

La nueva planta de energía de Amazon en Texas podría emitir más CO2 que cualquier planta de carbón en América

Una planta de gas construida para alimentar el centro de datos de Amazon en el oeste de Texas tiene un permiso de contaminación más grande que cualquier instalación de carbón en EE.UU. La empresa dice que su compromiso climático se mantiene, pero sus propias emisiones han aumentado durante años.

4 min read
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Explained

Tu pregunta en ChatGPT consume aproximadamente tanta electricidad como un hervidor de agua durante un segundo

Los centros de datos de IA consumieron aproximadamente el 0,5% de la electricidad mundial en 2025. Eso parece poco hasta que observas dónde se encuentran realmente esos centros de datos.

3 min read
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Policy

Los centros de datos de IA de las grandes tecnológicas emiten ahora tanto carbono como un tercio de Francia

Microsoft, Amazon y Google emitieron en conjunto 119 millones de toneladas métricas de dióxido de carbono el año pasado. El culpable principal: la construcción de más centros de datos para alimentar la demanda de IA.

2 min read
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