data centres

New AI and data centre competition co-hosted by CISL challenges students to deliver 'sustainable outcomes'

Just over half of respondents to new survey agree data centre approval should be conditional on plans to use surplus heat to warm nearby homes and buildings

Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures urges tech, telecom, and AI sectors to assess and manage growing water resource and environmental risks

Energy-hungry and water-thirsty data centres pose risks for investors, with the build-out coinciding with a changing climate and rising demands in a more resource-scarce future

Scottish government imposes more stringent environmental requirements on new data centres with a power capacity exceeding 50MW

The transition a to cleaner and more flexible energy systems enabled by digitalisation and AI tools could unlock huge cost savings, new analysis argues

US tech giant to build three new data centres in Finland, backed by a 22-year nuclear power deal and support for onshore wind and battery storage

Africa set for solar installation record, experts warn climate change is destabilising mountain regions, and Spain proposes clean energy rule for data centres

A new study argues levy reforms and an AI roll out that boosts power demand could counterintuitively lead to lower domestic energy bills, but only if data centres are sensibly located and effectively managed

Landmark funding to enable development of new data centres that promise to be powered by Scotland's expanding fleet of wind farms