#environment
10 stories taggedenvironment.
Infrastructure week: why our own story count on power, chips and data centres just tripled
We ran 13 AI infrastructure pieces in the seven days to 20 September, up from 4 the week before. Here is what our own coverage looks like when the picture zooms out from models to megawatts.
AI tutors are not the answer, say parents and educators. What they want instead.
A trio of academics and educators push back on the idea that artificial intelligence should fill the gaps left by underfunded teaching, arguing the real problem is a political choice, not a technology shortage.
Most Americans oppose AI data centres, but few will vote on it
A New York Times/Siena University poll finds 61 percent of likely voters against building new data centres, yet the issue barely registers when people rank what matters most in the midterms.
Philadelphia Residents Push Back Against AI Data Centers
People who lived through the refinery era don't want a replay. Now they're fighting plans that haven't even been filed yet.
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 aren't making it easier to find them.
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.
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.
AI will do more to grow fossil fuel output than clean energy, new study warns
Researchers modelled 64 scenarios and found AI's productivity gains for oil, gas and coal outpace its renewable benefits, adding up to 1.8 gigatonnes of extra carbon pollution a year.
A top House Democrat is demanding a tour of SpaceX's AI data centers in Memphis
Rep. Frank Pallone says the facilities are running gas turbines without proper permits, polluting the air, and shifting energy costs onto ordinary residents. He wants answers by August 11.
New York Freezes Big Data Centre Permits for Up to a Year Over Energy and Cost Fears
Governor Kathy Hochul has signed the first statewide moratorium on large data centre construction in the US, pausing projects that would draw more than 50 megawatts of power while regulators write new rules.