data centres

AI’s rapid expansion is no longer just a story about software, productivity, and hype. It is also a story about power grids, water systems, and the physical footprint of the digital economy, with data centres now emerging as one of the most consequential industrial loads on the planet. For...

Tech-industry claims that generative AI and large language models (LLMs) are a decisive lever against climate change have moved rapidly from hopeful rhetoric to corporate orthodoxy — and a new, careful analysis shows much of that rhetoric is greenwashing in plain clothes. Background: what the...