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Wednesday briefing: What’s behind the global backlash against datacentres?
AI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Communities globally are increasingly protesting the rapid construction of massive new datacentres driven by the artificial intelligence boom. Local campaigners warn that these facilities place an unsustainable burden on local energy grids and threaten climate goals. Meanwhile, technology companies and governments maintain that the infrastructure is vital for national economic competitiveness in the AI sector.
WHY IT MATTERS
The tension between technological expansion and local resource constraints highlights a major logistical and environmental hurdle for the global artificial intelligence boom.
In today’s newsletter: Communities from Scotland to India are pushing back against datacentres they feel have been forced upon them, warning they threaten energy supplies and the climateGood morning. This summer, datacentres have become targets of resistance across the world. Ever since the arrival of ChatGPT, big tech has been lobbying for the creation of enormous new facilities. Many governments claim they’re essential in any country that wants to cash in on AI.Campaigners argue datacentres dr...
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