Microsoft’s newest public commitment — a pledge to ensure its AI datacenters do not drive up local electricity bills — marks a turning point in how hyperscale cloud providers are answering political, regulatory, and community pressure over the environmental and economic footprint of AI...
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Artificial intelligence is no longer an experiment on the margins of engineering teams — it is being stitched into the workflows that move raw telemetry and model outputs into operational decisions for water systems, from distribution network design to public-facing community engagement, and...
On a sun‑baked day in Nanaimo, B.C., neighbours and lifelong residents found themselves facing a new kind of local infrastructure fight — not over a factory or a freeway, but over an incoming hyperscale data centre whose thirst could, opponents warn, strain municipal water supplies already...
The act of asking a question of an AI, whether it’s a request for a quick recipe or an in-depth analysis, feels almost effortless for users—but behind those neatly packaged answers lies a global infrastructure consuming staggering amounts of energy and water. As artificial intelligence...
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Whether you’re trying to avoid an air-conditioning meltdown in the sweltering Dubai summer or merely want your water meter to stop glaring at you like HAL 9000, the future of utilities has a new name: artificial intelligence. At Dubai AI Week, the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)...
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Water is one of the most precious resources on Earth. And as someone whose family has been farming for generations, Fred Ziari has made it his life’s work to help growers be more efficient with this vital element for their crops, as well as the energy it takes to distribute it. Ziari is the CEO...