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A “ground-breaking” technology centre could put Teesside at the heart of a global AI revolution, say developers.
Amazon constructs huge AI data centers in Indiana. Project Rainier includes sites in Mississippi and possibly North Carolina, ...
Researchers used an AI model to create a new image of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, with some concern from ...
Equinix, a big data centre multinational, says that in the UK, more than 95% of its energy is already provided by wind and solar, and that it is on track to get to 100% by 2030.
By comparison, data centres consumed 415 TWh in 2024, roughly 1.5% of the world’s total electricity consumption (see ‘Global electricity growth’). On supporting science journalism ...
Data centres require a large amount of water for cooling processes, say the Environment Agency, which is urging people to ...
Microsoft is scaling back its data centre expansion plans globally, with several projects delayed or halted across multiple countries including the US, UK, Indonesia, and Australia, reported ...
AI-driven demand is fueling a data centre boom, making energy-smart, ... dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Striking Gold In Data Centres. For investors, the time to act is now.
In May 2025, OpenAI announced its plans to develop a new data centre in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This planned 5GW data centre campus may become one of the largest in the world ...
By comparison, data centres consumed 415 TWh in 2024, roughly 1.5% of the world’s total electricity consumption (see ‘Global electricity growth’). Source: IEA. CC BY 4.0.
Environmental campaigner Julie Bolthouse points out that Northern Virginia has the world’s largest concentration of data centres. This is not something she is thrilled about. “We’re the Wall ...
A crackdown began in 2021, spurred by projections that data centres are on pace to take up one third of Ireland's electricity in this decade. Regulators declared that Dublin had hit its limits and ...