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The great AI data centre cover-up

Tech companies are concealing the environmental impact of their rapid expansion of AI data centres, according to a Financial Times report. The piece argues that the industry must disclose the mounting energy consumption and carbon emissions associated with building and operating these hubs.

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Financial Times TechnologyTech companies need to come clean about the mounting environmental fallout of their race to build more hubs

Tech companies need to come clean about the mounting environmental fallout of their race to build more hubs

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