Updates on Datacentres

Every AI story we track on Datacentres: 28 stories so far, each summarized in our own words and linked to the publisher that reported it.

Pulled from 125 sources

This week

Public Sector9 min read

‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre

The Guardian
Public Sector5 min read

AI firms say UK has a year to head off datacentre protests before construction is threatened

The Guardian

This month

Firmus pulls biggest ASX float since Telstra amid investor doubt about datacentre company

The Guardian

‘These guys are just coming from nothing’: questions over multibillion-dollar Firmus float amid datacentre backlash

The Guardian
Energy & Climate2 min read

Council backed Devon AI datacentre before it went public, Guardian reports

The Next Web
Energy & Climate9 min read

‘People are standing up and fighting back’: the north Devon revolt against a vast AI datacentre

The Guardian

Launch of UK’s ‘largest AI supercomputer’ delayed by power supply problems

The Guardian
Energy & Climate3 min read

Planning permission for new Scottish AI datacentres suspended for up to a year

The Guardian
Public Sector3 min read

Datacentre giant accused of using AI while lobbying for Victorian minister’s support for hyperscale factory

The Guardian

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

The Guardian
Energy & Climate3 min read

Datacentre projects face fees for grid access to ease connection queue, Ofgem says

The Guardian
Public Sector5 min read

Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says

Covered by 2 sources
Public Sector4 min read

Anthony Albanese promises fast-track approvals for datacentres to shore up AI investment

The Guardian
Public Sector4 min read

Australia’s AI copyright fight now has a datacentre price tag

The Next Web
Public Sector4 min read

Albanese to compare pivotal moment in AI to renewable energy transition as he outlines approach

The Guardian
Energy & Climate4 min read

Datacentres drive up big tech’s carbon emissions to a third of those of France

The Guardian
Energy & Climate5 min read

Datacentres are a ticking timebomb. We must make sure AI’s benefits outweigh the costs | Nicki Hutley

The Guardian

Scotland could freeze datacentre projects in challenge to UK’s AI strategy

Covered by 2 sources

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

The Guardian

Datacentres using 6% of electricity supply in UK and US, research says

The Guardian

Datacentres should be forced to invest in wind and solar energy, agree all states except Queensland

The Guardian

Under a cloud: the growing resentment against the massive datacentres sprouting across Australian cities

The Guardian

Invisible datacentres and capricious chips: is UK’s AI bubble about to burst?

The Guardian

The environmental cost of datacentres is rising. Is it time to quit AI?

The Guardian

Wednesday briefing: From missing billions to nonexistent datacentres, inside Britain’s AI drive

The Guardian

Datacentre developers face calls to disclose effect on UK’s net emissions

The Guardian

‘Big energy users’: how will datacentres affect Australia’s power prices, water supply and emissions?

The Guardian
That's everything we have on Datacentres right now