Future data centers are driving up forecasts for energy demand. States want proof they'll get built

Utilities are producing eye-popping forecasts about the amount of electricity they'll need to power massive new data centers ...

By 2030, how much will data centers contribute to fossil fuel emissions? Scientists mapped it

It’s another news roundup! This time, we cover how, using data analytics – and ironically, some AI – a team at Cornell ...
Wired

How Data Centers Actually Work

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss the economics and environmental impacts of energy-hungry data centers and whether these facilities are sustainable in the age of AI. Tech giants have been ...
Engadget

Why do AI data centers use so many resources?

The industry believes AI will work its way into every corner of our lives, and so needs to build sufficient capacity to address that anticipated demand. But the hardware used to make AI work is so ...
Finance & Commerce

Data center water consumption lacks transparency

Editor’s note: This article, distributed by The Associated Press, was originally published on The Conversation website. The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and ...
WUSA

Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much

WASHINGTON — Story from The Conversation by Peyton McCauley, Water Policy Specialist, Sea Grant UW Water Science-Policy Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Melissa Scanlan, Professor and ...
MinnPost

Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much

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