AI Data Centres

AI Data Centres

A guest looks at Nvidia’s GB10 Grace Blackwell superchip and board during the Nvidia GTC global AI conference in San Jose, California, US, on 17 March 2026. Photo: Reuters

In Silicon Valley, AI data center boom meets local resistance

San Jose residents push back against AI data centre boom over power, water and pollution concerns

US President Donald Trump speaks next to Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, CEO of Cleveland Clinic Tom Mihaljevic and CEO of G42 Peng Xiao at a business forum at Qasr Al Watan during the final stop of his Gulf visit, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 16 May 2025. File Photo/Reuters

UAE revises AI data centre plan after Iranian attacks, sources say

The new Google logo is seen in this illustration taken 13 May, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Google to invest $15b in AI infrastructure in Finland

Locals in the Sydney suburb of Lane Cove are concerned about the planned construction of four new data centres. Photo: Reuters

Australia’s AI data centre boom raises concerns over power, water and jobs

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US corporate AI debt surge tests investor limits as fatigue emerges

Trucks at the construction site of the Google-Adani data centre in Tarluvada, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, August 3, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh

Google's $15b India data centre project battles water, wildlife concerns

A drone view of the cooling system on the roof of the Digital Realty data center in Oakland, California, US, July 18, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Fred Greaves

Trump administration drafting ban on Chinese data centre devices, sources

An employee walks through a data centre of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) inside its office building in Bengaluru, India, 29 May 2026. REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh/File Photo

AI data centres could use as much water as 1.3 billion people by 2030: UN report

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Data centres: Tech boom with downsides

Trump boards Air Force One, his presidential plane, at Ben Gurion Airport, in Israel. Photo: Reuters

Trump's push for more AI data centers faces backlash from his own voters

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech on climate and renewable energy at UN headquarters in New York City, US, July 22, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

UN chief urges tech sector to power data centers with renewables

Meta AI logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Meta's Zuckerberg pledges hundreds of billions for AI data centers in superintelligence push