A UN University report published on June 3, 2026, reveals that the environmental costs of generative AI—including water, land, and electricity—are disproportionately borne by the Global South, while w…
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched the U.N. AI Environmental Transparency Initiative on June 23, calling on major AI companies to measure and publicly disclose their carbon, wa…
Residents around Dublin report dozens of oversized data centres causing local disruption, with a constant night-time buzz and intimidating facilities, according to the ABC. Data centres account for 21…
United Nations University researchers are urging users to write shorter AI prompts by removing unnecessary words like "please" and "thank you," a practice that could save 87 to 98 gigawatt-hours of el…
A United Nations University report projects that AI-driven data centres could consume up to 945 terawatt-hours of electricity and 9.3 trillion litres of water annually by 2030, with the water usage ro…
A new report from the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) quantifies the carbon, water, and land footprints of the electricity required to power artificia…