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Government says Green leader’s proposed moratorium on ‘energy-guzzling’ AI projects would be disaster for economy

While many US city councils have passed moratoriums, Monterey Park is first where residents have voted on a ban

Some will question its credibility – but the alternative future to the one imagined in the World Justice Report is far more bleak

Datacentres used 22% of country’s electricity last year, pushing up household bills, study suggests

Exclusive: Jimblebar processing facility would have produced higher quality iron ore sought by steelmakers around the world – themselves under pressure to curb pollution

Exclusive: BHP once dubbed climate change an ‘existential’ threat. But leaked documents show it has backtracked on decarbonisation at a vast network of mines

Exclusive: Mining giant says technology is not yet advanced enough to run a fully electrified fleet but experts say it is hooked on federal fuel tax credits

Jay Morris denies experts’ claims that he violated ethics rules over land deals near the site of Meta’s Hyperion datacenter

Industry body says energy consumption driven by AI up 15% globally in two years as it warns of societal backlash

By deleting photos from our phones, we can ease demand for data storage and the huge amount of electricity it uses, writes Gill Davidson, while Robert Harrison suggests the waste heat from datacentres could be repurposed

Requests for gas connections by operators amount to more than 15 terawatt hours per year, endangering climate targets

Greater working from home and hot summer temperatures believed to be driving increase in ownership

Definition of green facilities made in 2022, before release of ChatGPT, says Action to Protect Rural Scotland

Residents say AI factories with unknown environmental impacts are being rushed into development as proponents argue Australia must ride the data boom or be left behind

Revised figures increase fears about energy-intensive datacentres worsening climate emergency