Dansk(DA)Tech-bosserne sagde, at # AI redder klimaet Nu vil # datacenter -lobby have EU 🇪🇺 til at droppe klima-mål Hvis ikke EU skal tabe konkurrencen til Kina🇨🇳 , så må
AI data center boom prompts global regulatory action and environmental concerns · 10 sources tracked
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Governments and regulators worldwide are beginning to address the significant environmental impact of AI-driven data centers. Australia is set to implement energy and water usage restrictions for these facilities, while New York has paused environmental permits for new large data centers for up to a year to establish new regulations. In Europe, a data center lobby is urging the EU to relax climate goals, arguing that stricter targets could hinder competitiveness against China, despite rising energy consumption and emissions linked to AI. Microsoft has also reported a 25% increase in emissions due to its AI data center expansion.
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Multiple governments and industry bodies are implementing significant policy changes and facing regulatory scrutiny regarding the environmental impact of data centers, driven by AI expansion.
https://www. europesays.com/3174728/ Elon Musk: SpaceX will dominate AI compute because data centers a trivial problem for rocket scientists # AI # ArtificialIntelligence # CloudComputing # DataCenters # Earnings # ElonMusk # SpaceX
Real Engineering / # IEEE Youtube video on orbital data centres including Starcloud. Lots of comments from AI boosters saying rougly "you're wrong, you've not taken into account magical thinking that will make the laws of physics irrelevant" 'The Space Data Centers Situation is I…
Nein! Doch! Ooooh!!! Aber # KI # AI - RZ brauchen ja kein Wasser, erzählen die Bauherren. "Rumänien und Ungarn fahren Kernkraftwerke herunter" https://www. spiegel.de/panorama/wetter-deu tscher-wetterdienst-misst-vorlaeufig-temperaturrekorde-in-drei-bundeslaendern-a-886fc07b-5309…
Datacenters voor AI verbruiken naast enorm veel stroom, ook bizar veel water: 9,3 biljoen liter per jaar!! 🇳🇱 https://www. waterforum.net/vn-ai-dreigt-wa terverbruik-explosief-te-laten-groeien/ 🇺🇸 https:// collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU: 10647/UNU-INWEH-Report-The_Env_Cost_of_AI-2…
Someone ask the Canadian 🇨🇦 government why we are following the 🇺🇸 # AI route and not the 🇨🇳 AI route. They are using renewable energy to power data centres. They are limiting their electricity and water use, and they are not building data centres near communities. @ avilewis
# AI data-centres are not so you can draw little pictures they are houses for # surveillance data on citizens so they can create total control over people. Tech giants from Oracle to Palantir have articulated this numerous times. People should read more and fight them at every op…
Australia to Impose Energy and Water Guardrails on Data Centers Amid A.I. Boom https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/world/australia/albanese-artificial-intelligence-guardrails.html # AI # Energy # Australia
Australia to Impose Energy, Water Guardrails on Data Centers Amid A.I. Boom https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/world/asia/australia-artificial-intelligence-guardrails.html # AI # Regulation # Energy
https:// winbuzzer.com/2026/07/15/new-y ork-pauses-environmental-permits-for-large-data-centers-xcxwbn/ New York has paused environmental permits for large new data centers for up to one year while regulators set grid, water, air-quality and community rules. # AI # DataCenters # …
@IEEESpectrum on YT! The Space Data Centers Situation is Insane https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=_qpdUNMt2yg 7/13/26 # NASA # SpaceX # AI # DataCenters # StarCloud
Tech-bosserne sagde, at # AI redder klimaet Nu vil # datacenter -lobby have EU 🇪🇺 til at droppe klima-mål Hvis ikke EU skal tabe konkurrencen til Kina🇨🇳 , så må I droppe klima-målene og køre # datacenter på natur-gas, lyder opfordringen fra europæisk datacenter-chef Energi-forbru…
Atomarine: nuclear-powered AI data centres at sea! - YouTube https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=usq1Nu5wqAk by @ davidgerard Oh brother :facepalm: # AI # AIBubble # DataCenters
Dude with Phd in chemical process engineering clearly explains how claims of "Water-Efficient AI Data Centres" are BS. https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=8bbe-Ev-Yns # ai # datacenter
Speaking of # Water .... # Environment ... And # AI too "The Data Center Water Secret" https://www. thebrockovichreport.com/p/the- data-center-water-secret > Let's talk about the water not accounted for when it comes to AI data center water use, and why local media have had to su…
# AI # Datacenter # ClimateChange I have been pondering the notion of embracing data centers and demanding that they run on environmental energy with immense flywheel backup and be located in urban centers to be used as heatwave burnout shelters after degenerative AI proves to be…
What do "AI factories" (data centers) actually produce? Heat.* Which has to go somewhere. A process engineer explains water usage, closed loop and "dry" cooling. The later displaces water usage to the power generation side because of substantially increased electricity demand. ht…
Bestimmt nicht das erste und letzte Verbot für Wassernutzungen. 💧 💧 Aber # KI # AI # Rechenzentren saufen/verschwenden derweil trotz brennender Wälder in # Europa fleißig und bald noch mehr unser # Wasser . Stimmt nicht? Ist aber so! 🔗 https://www. newsbeep.com/671687/
Europa will massiv neue AI-Rechenzentren bauen. Gleichzeitig verzögert sich weiter das EU-weite Nachhaltigkeits-Rating für Rechenzentren. Erst Kapazität beschleunigen und später klären, was Energie- und Wasserverbrauch kosten darf, ist keine Strategie. Das ist Infrastrukturpoliti…
Some # AI good news .... currently to "join the queue" is free... data centres are demanding 3x the total UK current energy needs... "British energy regulator Ofgem has proposed new, substantial grid connection fees for AI data center developers to curb speculative projects and m…
# law # AI # AirQuality # DataCenters # EPA # PublicHealth 'Power sources providing electricity only to data centers and not the public grid may not be subject to federal pollution laws, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday.' https://www. reuters.com/legal/li…
In ten years # AI data centres will use 20% of the electricity generated in the USA-if they continue to be built, that is: https:// dataconomy.com/2026/07/22/ai-s urge-drive-us-data-centers-one-fifth-power-2035/ # ArtificialIntelligence
In ten years # AI data centres will use 20% of the electricity generated in the USA-if they continue to be built, that is: https:// dataconomy.com/2026/07/22/ai-s urge-drive-us-data-centers-one-fifth-power-2035/ # ArtificialIntelligence
🌎 Story of the Day: It looks like data centers are slowing down the shift away from coal power. 📖 Quote: The agency attributes this rise to a 13 percent increase in coal power generation, partially driven by the proliferation of large-scale data centers. Source: Grist Title: It’s…
#Journalists use #drones and public record requests to reveal #pollution from #datacenter (centers) : "We saw what #AI #Data #Centers don’t want you to see " #ai #billionaire #pollution #datacenter newsie.social/@Progressive... ProgressivePower (@Progressive...
The noise from # AI # datacenters affects humans as well as wildlife nearby https:// futurism.com/artificial-intell igence/data-center-noise-pollution-dowagiac-michigan-blasts-homes
# auspol is regulating data centres so they are required to run on renewable energy & not use public water? Yeah. Nah. # ai # datacenters # emissions # energy # water # environment # climatechange https://www. instagram.com/reel/DbU2AvbjCpk/
TIL: Big Tech data centers report their water consumption, but they only count what's used inside the building (server cooling). The much larger water footprint happens at the power plants generating their electricity - and it's almost never reported. Lawrence Berkeley National L…
So many, too many, # AI data centres being built everywhere. This one for Google in northern Sweden is going to use at least as much energy as 10,000 homes. It could cause a spike in energy costs. There's no benefit, only ecological and social harm. Block all the data centres!! #…
🤖 Cracks appear in the vision of off-grid AI data centers submitted by /u/gamersecret2 [link] [comments] 📰 Source: Artificial Intelligence (AI) 🔗 Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1v83fd9/cracks_appear_in_the_vision_of_offgrid_ai_data/ # AI # ArtificialIntelligen…
How ignorant are those people who keep blaming AI for creating environmental problems such as heat emission and water shortage? 80% of data centers are built not for doing AI training or inferencing. Instead, most of the data centers around the world are for cloud storage and clo…
Data center opposition isn’t partisan. Local concerns over energy use and infrastructure are slowing AI buildouts, regardless of political leanings. # AI # Automation Source: The Verge AI https://www. theverge.com/policy/969667/hum ans-first-data-center-protest-hernando-county-fl…
CNBC: Elon Musk’s Memphis AI empire is the epicenter of the data center backlash. “Google, Anthropic and Reflection AI have all inked agreements with SpaceX to rent excess computing capacity at Colossus and Colossus II, deals worth up to $2.32 billion per month. Residents don’t f…
AI Data Centers Are Facing Massive Local Pushback: Why Communities Are Fighting Back Full story 👇 Learn more: https://www. earthinsider.in/2026/07/ai-dat a-center-public-opposition-us.html # EarthInsider # EarthInsiderNews # EINews # US # America # USNews # USPolitics # AI # Data…
The Whole Big Data Center Fight Is Not Really About AI https:// zachill.substack.com/p/the-who le-big-data-center-fight-is (an interesting take) # AI # DataCenters
"Microsoft emissions rise by 25% amidst AI data centre expansion" # Microsoft # Emissions # Technology # AI # ArtificialIntelligence https://www. edie.net/microsoft-emissions-r ise-by-25-amidst-ai-data-centre-expansion/
📰 Australia To Put Environmental Brakes On AI Data Centers An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Australia will require large data centers powering artificial intelligence to generate as much power as they consume, and ensure that cr... 📰 Source: Slashdot 🔗…
"Carbon storage could curb more than 90% of AI data center emissions, study finds" # AI # ArtificialIntelligence # Technology # DataCentres https:// phys.org/news/2026-07-carbon-s torage-curb-ai-center.html
I was on CBS News to talk about New York’s data center moratorium and what it means when an AI data center gets located near a community. Preorder my new book HYPERSCALE all about this subject: https:// hyperscalebook.com Clip here: https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=M46dV6mOstw # …
Elon # Musk 's Memphis # AI empire is the epicenter of the data center backlash https://www. cnbc.com/2026/07/16/elon-musk- memphis-ai-colossus-data-center.html?__source=androidappshare
AI boom drives states to rethink data center water use https://www. axios.com/local/boulder/2026/0 7/16/ai-data-center-water-regulations-cu-boulder > "AI is accelerating data center growth at a pace that traditional water planning was never designed to handle," said CU Boulder wa…
So, # AI # DataCenters don't really use very much water. The water reports are not actually pulled from the system, and long term they won't really affect water supplies unless the area is already stretched. What I am, really, concerned about is the destruction of micro-ecologies…
Another # AI project misses its carbon emissions reduction goal: https://www. theguardian.com/technology/202 6/jul/06/lanarkshire-scotland-ai-datacentre-project-renewable-energy # ArtificialIntelligence
Another # AI project misses its carbon emissions reduction goal: https://www. theguardian.com/technology/202 6/jul/06/lanarkshire-scotland-ai-datacentre-project-renewable-energy # ArtificialIntelligence
# AI data centres are producing an enormous amount of pollution: https:// futurism.com/artificial-intell igence/pollution-ai-data-centers-severe # ArtificialIntelligence
# AI data centres are producing an enormous amount of pollution: https:// futurism.com/artificial-intell igence/pollution-ai-data-centers-severe # ArtificialIntelligence
“ #Datahubs already devour more #electricity globally than all but 10 countries. About 448 terawatt hours last year if you’re interested. The #AI boom means that amount is on track to roughly double within four years.” open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz... Top Links 1160 Who gets pow…
Blaming # AI as a leading or major cause for # ClimateChange (at least in North America) is a bit of a stretch if you ask me. Yes, data centers demand a lot of energy, but there are numerous other factors to consider too. 👉🏾 You’ll Never Guess Which Country Is Causing the Most Gl…
@ stasdigi # bewaartoot # AI Veilig en verantwoord 'Milieudruk van AI groeit en voordelen zijn oneerlijk over de wereld verdeeld' https:// nos.nl/artikel/2616981-milieud ruk-van-ai-groeit-en-voordelen-zijn-oneerlijk-over-de-wereld-verdeeld Steeds vaker spookbronnen in wetenschapp…
United Nations University Report: »Environmental Cost of # AI 's # Energy Use: Carbon, # Water and Land Footprints.« > # AI ’s rapid growth drives huge energy, water, and land use, raising environmental and equity challenges across its global # infrastructure . → https:// unu.edu…
AI data centers could burn through triple Pakistan+Bangladesh+Nigeria's electricity by 2030. The water math is even worse. 🌊⚡ # AI # ClimateChange # DataCenters # TechEthics https:// comuniq.xyz/post?t=1476
The UK is being proactive on # AI # datacenter power consumption and I predict will be the beginning of similar stories for unprepared grids: https://www. rt.com/news/643638-uk-ai-data- center-energy-crunch/
UK beware. Further awful news about AI data centres. Electricity & water use we've heard about but this is the first I've heard about the constant high decibel sound from AI data centres. 1st link includes # USA # ABC7 # news https:// futurism.com/artificial-intell igence/data-ce…
#Journalists use #drones and public record requests to reveal #pollution from #datacenter (centers) : "We saw what #AI #Data #Centers don’t want you to see " #ai #billionaire #pollution #datacenter newsie.social/@Progressive... ProgressivePower (@Progressive...
Appending more joyous AI news to my previous post... https://www. reuters.com/legal/litigation/e pa-says-power-data-centers-can-sidestep-pollution-laws-2026-07-27 https://www. engadget.com/2225612/ai-compan y-employees-petition-us-government-for-regulation # AI # GenAI # DataCent…
The Flawed Environmental Case Against Data Centers https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/opinion/data-centers-environment-ai.html # Environment # AI # Tech
The Flawed Environmental Case Against Data Centers https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/opinion/data-centers-environment-ai.html # Environment # AI # Tech
AI firms want more data centers; Trump's EPA may give neighbors less say https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/ai-firms-want-more-data-centers-trumps-epa-may-give-neighbors-less-say/ # AI # Policy # DataCenters
First and foremost... AI data centers are bad and need to be stopped. AI slop code in projects that are meant to be used for anything serious is bad, and honestly, AI is generally not great for humans. With that out of the way.... I wanted to see what the current state of things …
@ GreensEP are asking for input on # DataCenters and # AI . Please tell them what you think, incl. if you know of local resistance etc. https:// actionnetwork.org/surveys/data -centers
India Is Moving Fast to Build A.I. Data Centers. A Coastal City May Pay the Price. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/world/asia/india-ai-data-centers-google.html # AI # India # Environment
New York State halts construction of all new data centers # AI # news # ny # newyork https:// techcrunch.com/2026/07/14/new- york-state-halts-construction-of-all-new-data-centers/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
📰 New York is the first state to impose a data center moratorium New York’s data center moratorium may become the blueprint for anti-AI movement. 📰 Source: Ars Technica 🔗 Link: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/new-york-is-the-first-state-to-impose-a-data-center-morator…
I hope this is true and more states bans the expansion of AI data centers. "More than 3,000 data centers are already operating throughout the United States, with more than 1,500 new facilities in various stages of construction, according to the Pew Research Center." Source: https…
“ #Datahubs already devour more #electricity globally than all but 10 countries. About 448 terawatt hours last year if you’re interested. The #AI boom means that amount is on track to roughly double within four years.” open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz... Top Links 1160 Who gets pow…
# AI appears to have failed at actually planning for its expansion, as well as increasing the risk of more extreme # ClimateChange . Told in 2 articles: https://www. theguardian.com/technology/202 6/jul/07/stymied-datacentre-projects-threaten-global-ai-revolution?CMP=Share_Androi…
"Google reports 18% rise in total emissions amidst AI expansion" # Google # Technology # AI # ArtificialIntelligence https://www. edie.net/google-reports-25-ris e-in-supply-chain-emissions-amidst-ai-expansion/
The energy demands of # AI means Google has once again missed its climate goals: https:// futurism.com/artificial-intell igence/google-missed-climate-goals-ai # ArtificialIntelligence
The energy demands of # AI means Google has once again missed its climate goals: https:// futurism.com/artificial-intell igence/google-missed-climate-goals-ai # ArtificialIntelligence
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