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AI Data Centres Are Thirsty. But How Thirsty, Exactly?

Protests are spreading across the American Southwest over water use at AI data centres. The real numbers are murky, and tech companies are not making it easier to find them.

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Nobody Wants a Data Centre Next Door. So Who Decides Where They Go?

Communities across the UK and the world are pushing back against the vast, noisy buildings that keep AI running. Their complaints are real. So is the problem of stopping them.

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A $500 Billion AI Datacenter Is Being Built in Rural Ohio. Not Everyone Is Happy About It.

OpenAI, Nvidia and Japanese investors are pouring half a trillion dollars into what could be the world's largest AI computing facility, tucked into the Appalachian foothills near Piketon, Ohio. The jobs sound good. The questions about land, water and power are harder.

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L'IA favorisera davantage la production d'énergies fossiles que les énergies propres, avertit une nouvelle étude

Des chercheurs ont modélisé 64 scénarios et constaté que les gains de productivité de l'IA pour le pétrole, le gaz et le charbon surpassent ses avantages pour les énergies renouvelables, ce qui représente 1,8 gigatonnes de pollution carbone supplémentaire par an.

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Un haut démocrate de la Chambre exige une visite des centres de données IA de SpaceX à Memphis

Le représentant Frank Pallone affirme que les installations font fonctionner des turbines à gaz sans permis appropriés, polluent l'air et transfèrent les coûts énergétiques aux résidents ordinaires. Il veut des réponses d'ici le 11 août.

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New York gèle les permis des grands centres de données pendant un an en raison des craintes énergétiques et financières

La gouverneure Kathy Hochul a signé le premier moratoire d'État sur la construction de grands centres de données aux États-Unis, suspendant les projets qui consommeraient plus de 50 mégawatts d'électricité tandis que les régulateurs rédigent de nouvelles règles.

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