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Texas governor threatens to penalize datacenters not obeying water laws

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Republican Greg Abbott says datacenters must help ‘protect’ drought-prone state and disclose water useGreg Abbott, the Texas governor, has directed state regulators to penalize datacenters that fail to comply with state laws requiring them to disclose their water use.“Data centers must share the duty to protect Texas water,” the Republican governor said on Monday. “The […]

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‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn

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Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentresPfas companies are launching a “tidal wave” of forever chemicals production to meet demand from the AI industry, a campaign organisation has warned.Despite alarm over the chemicals, which have been linked to cancer, a survey of the 10 biggest manufacturers found

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We greet the news that AI could extinguish us with a glazed indifference. What is the way out of this nihilism? | Brigid Delaney

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There are several answers, and none of them will be provided by tech. One thing we must do is identify the ingredients for human flourishingTo imagine the future as being almost entirely bleak has somehow crept into the collective this year.Last week I was having coffee with an old friend. He was telling me about

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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’

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She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursuit of powerNaomi Klein’s new book starts on a mountaintop with two “faithful men gathering an audience to share their vision”. It’s a vision of a

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UK datacentres will create just 25% of jobs predicted by tech sector, analysis finds

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Facilities likely to employ 10,400 workers, compared with 40,000 in industry estimates, thinktank saysDatacentres in the UK will create just a quarter of the jobs predicted by the tech sector, while consuming vast amounts of energy, according to new research.Environmental thinktank Verdant predicts that all the datacentres currently planned are likely to directly employ 10,400

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Hundreds gather to urge Scottish government to pause datacentre boom

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Opposition mounts as at least 20 projects proposed, including one in Fife billed as second largest in worldKat Jones may be the closest thing Scotland has to Erin Brockovich in 2026. Standing in the shadow of Arthur’s Seat outside Holyrood, the 52-year-old is revving up the crowd of protesters around her. “Who is here from

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Bring on the drones: how a technology revolution is being rolled out across Africa’s nature reserves

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As graduates of an online training course gather from across the continent, the consensus is overwhelming: computers and saving animals go togetherOn a bitingly cold night in Lapalala Wilderness nature reserve in South Africa’s Limpopo province, Duncan Kanyakera watches as instructor Jacques Viljoen deploys a thermal drone in search of a lone cheetah. Once the

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UK government does not know what datacentres are being used for, FoI request shows

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Lack of information raises fears over environmental impact of the AI boomUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK government does not know what the country’s datacentres are being used for despite fears over the growing environmental impact of the AI boom.When asked in a freedom of information (FoI) request who was using the largest sites

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