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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
4 weeks ago

China Is Putting Data Centers in the Ocean to Keep Them Cool

Data centers are rapidly expanding to enhance computing capabilities, yet they consume significant electricity and water, thereby raising concerns over competition with human water needs.
Artificial intelligence
fromsfist.com
1 month ago

Turns Out, Meta's AI Data Centers Use Up a Lot of Water In Addition to Electricity

The sustainability of AI data centers is in question due to their massive energy and water consumption.
Science
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Datacenters feeling the heat as climate risk boils over

Rising global temperatures significantly threaten the world's top datacenter hubs, increasing cooling demands and associated costs.
fromFortune
1 month ago

Big Tech is racing to build AI data centers-just as Accenture warns carbon emissions could surge 11x

AI data centers' carbon emissions are expected to surge 11-fold by 2030, with predictions that these centers will consume 612 terawatt-hours of electricity, driving a 3.4% increase in global carbon emissions.
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Water For Data

Data centres consume massive amounts of water and electricity, significantly impacting localized resources while their operations expand to accommodate increasing data demands.
Environment
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