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What are Britain’s AI growth zones and are the plans feasible or ‘complete bunk’?

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Lanarkshire datacentre run by renewables and creating thousands of jobs not achievable by 2030, Guardian investigation findsRevealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise‘It’s smoke and mirrors’: hope turns to fear in Scottish village chosen for AI datacentreThe Guardian has examined government plans to build Britain’s AI infrastructure for the future, […]

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Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise

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Exclusive: Government and developers privately acknowledged Lanarkshire datacentre site had power provision ‘issue’‘It’s smoke and mirrors’: hope turns to fear in Scottish village chosen for AI datacentreWhat are Britain’s AI growth zones and are the plans feasible or ‘complete bunk’?A landmark AI development billed as delivering jobs and prosperity has misrepresented its plans to channel

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We can live without AI, but can we live without clean water? | Letters

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Readers respond to an article about Erin Brockovich’s battle against datacentres and voice their fears for the environment What are the benefits obtained from AI’s massive use of electricity and water (‘We’re up against forces that have all the money in the world’: Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres, 29 June)? Analysis shows

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‘We’re up against forces that have all the money in the world’: Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres

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In 1993, she squeezed a $333m settlement from a Californian energy company in a scandal over contaminated water. Three decades later, she has a new target in her sights – and it’s globalWhen Erin Brockovich woke to find 30 emails from people from the same town, she realised something was going on. People email Brockovich

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Datacentres facing increase in global climate-related legal cases, report finds

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LSE analysis highlights litigation linked to energy sources, water consumption and air pollutionThe proliferation of datacentres and AI is increasingly at the forefront of environmental litigation around the world from Chile to Ireland, a report has found.In an analysis of about 3,600 climate-related lawsuits filed since 2015, the latest annual review of climate litigation by

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New chip could help tiny robots traverse complex environments

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A new chip developed by MIT researchers could help tiny, low-power UAVs avoid obstacles as they zip around tight corners inside an industrial HVAC system to check for gas leaks.The chip allows small autonomous robots and other battery-limited devices to construct detailed 3D maps of their environments in real-time using only about as much power

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Can we electrify the world? Ambition takes centre stage in pre-Cop31 climate talks

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Apart from effort to electrify, there were geopolitical tensions around climate science and the 1.5C goalElectrifying the world – with electric vehicles, electric heating and cooling, and modernised heavy industry – could be the next biggest step towards phasing out fossil fuels, replacing the 80% of global energy that still comes from hydrocarbons. As using

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MIT in the media: For the future of tech, “Massachusetts can absolutely lead”

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On June 9, The Boston Globe released its 2026 “Tech Power Players” list, recognizing 50 influential local leaders in technology and business across Massachusetts. The list includes eight MIT affiliates including President Sally Kornbluth, Prof. Daniela Rus (director of CSAIL), Prof. Regina Barzilay, Prof. Yet-Ming Chiang, Prof. Max Tegmark, Ana Bakshi (executive director of the Martin

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Jinhua Zhao named head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning

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Jinhua Zhao MCP ’04, SM ’04, PhD ’09 has been appointed head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP), effective July 1. Zhao is the Class of 1941 Professor of Cities and Transportation at MIT.In making the announcement, dean of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning Hashim Sarkis noted that Zhao is a renowned

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Labor to set terms for datacentre and AI growth as it vows not to repeat mistakes of resources boom

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Assistant minister agrees concerns over resource usage are legitimate but argues Australia cannot ignore ‘consequential’ economic waveFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia should learn from the mistakes of the resources boom and set the terms for the AI and datacentres boom, the

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