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- Campaign groups write to technology secretary amid concerns that sites could double overall electricity demand
- New datacentres risk doubling Great Britain’s electricity use, regulator says Tue, 24 Feb 26, 5:17amOfgem says about 140 proposed projects, driven by AI use, could require more power than current peak demand
- New British datacentres risk exceeding national peak electricity use, regulator says Tue, 24 Feb 26, 2:58amOfgem says about 140 proposed projects, driven by AI use, could require 50 gigawatts of electricity
- Sam Altman defends AI’s energy toll by saying it also takes a lot to ‘train a human’ Tue, 24 Feb 26, 4:40amOpenAI CEO also downplayed concerns about how much water datacenters require at AI summit in India
- ‘A different set of rules’: thermal drone footage shows Musk’s AI power plant flouting clean air regulations Sat, 14 Feb 26, 5:00amImages confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship datacenters
- ‘We’re being turned into an energy colony’: Argentina’s nuclear plan faces backlash over US interests Tue, 10 Feb 26, 1:00amPush to restart uranium mining in Patagonia has sparked fears about the environmental impact and loss of sovereignty over key resources
- Rage against the machine: a California community rallied against a datacenter – and won Sun, 8 Feb 26, 3:00amOrganizers in Monterey Park took inspiration from other US cities to fight against the construction of a giant datacenter
- Elon Musk is taking SpaceX’s minority shareholders for a ride | Nils Pratley Wed, 4 Feb 26, 6:07amMerger with loss-making xAI looks to some investors more like a bailout than a rocket trip to the future
- What is Technology Sat, 27 Dec 25, 9:00pmPut another way, technology is the economically viable and socially acceptable application of science to the benefit of the economic process.
- Why is Truth Social owner Trump Media merging with a fusion energy firm? Sat, 20 Dec 25, 4:42amWhat we know about the deal with TAE Technologies so far – from why it is happening to what fusion energy is
- AI boom has caused same CO2 emissions in 2025 as New York City, report claims Thu, 18 Dec 25, 10:15pmStudy author says tech companies are reaping benefits of artificial intelligence age but society is left to pay cost
- 2025’s AI boom caused huge CO2 emissions and use of water, research finds Thu, 18 Dec 25, 10:15pmStudy’s author says society not tech companies paying for environmental impact of AI and asks if this is fair
- More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US datacenters Mon, 8 Dec 25, 11:00pmExclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis
- More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US data centers Mon, 8 Dec 25, 11:00pmExclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis
- Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply Fri, 5 Dec 25, 1:00amThe demand for use in cooling in Sydney alone is expected to exceed the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade