August 15, 2026 at 7:49 AM
September 13, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Datacentres are a menace. Don’t approve them. We can cope without AI generated slop.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Sydney councils fear new datacentres could cause blackouts, block housing and affect locals’ health
Datacentres ‘directly competing’ with possible residential builds near public transport, one council tells NSW inquiry, amid growing concerns
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Datacentres are a menace. Don’t approve them. We can cope without AI generated slop.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
No shit, Sherlock
Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions
Revised figures increase fears about energy-intensive datacentres worsening climate emergency
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2026 at 5:33 PM
No shit, Sherlock
Yes I'm a furry, of course I'm in datacentres :p
November 20, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Yes I'm a furry, of course I'm in datacentres :p
This machine kills datacentres
YOU can keep data-centers out of your city!
"It seems the message was received. Per the Salem Reporter, Verrus’ representatives left the hearing early because they “did not feel safe.”
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"It seems the message was received. Per the Salem Reporter, Verrus’ representatives left the hearing early because they “did not feel safe.”
gizmodo.com/data-center-...
Data Center Reps Face the Guillotine, Flee Public Hearing
Seems like they got the message.
gizmodo.com
August 8, 2026 at 1:18 PM
This machine kills datacentres
“Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents” www.theguardian.com/environment/... @theguardian.com
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents” www.theguardian.com/environment/... @theguardian.com
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents” www.theguardian.com/environment/... @theguardian.com
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents” www.theguardian.com/environment/... @theguardian.com
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents
Amazon, Microsoft and Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, an investigation by SourceMaterial and the Guardian has found.
With Donald Trump pledging to support them, the three technology giants are planning hundreds of datacentres in the US and across the globe, with a potentially huge impact on populations already living with water scarcity. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas
August 23, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows
Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows
Executives at world’s biggest datacenter owner grappled with disclosing information about water used to help power facilities
Amazon strategised about keeping the public in the dark over the true extent of its datacentres’ water use, a leaked internal document reveals.
The biggest owner of datacentres in the world, Amazon dwarfs competitors Microsoft and Google and is planning a huge increase in capacity as part of a push into artificial intelligence. The Seattle firm operates hundreds of active facilities, with many more in development despite concerns over how much water is being used to cool their vast arrays of circuitry. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows
"Amazon, Microsoft and Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, an investigation by SourceMaterial and the Guardian has found." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"Amazon, Microsoft and Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, an investigation by SourceMaterial and the Guardian has found." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“Many of Australia’s datacentres are US-owned.”
Oh, lol.
Oh, lol.
September 28, 2026 at 12:09 PM
“Many of Australia’s datacentres are US-owned.”
Oh, lol.
Oh, lol.
Carbon emissions from just two planned datacentres in England will exceed all of ExxonMobil’s UK fossil fuel emissions.
Bad for health, environment.
Huge pressure on energy/water supplies
Few long-term jobs generated
Local people, not ministers, must decide if they want datacentres.
Bad for health, environment.
Huge pressure on energy/water supplies
Few long-term jobs generated
Local people, not ministers, must decide if they want datacentres.
Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds
Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Carbon emissions from just two planned datacentres in England will exceed all of ExxonMobil’s UK fossil fuel emissions.
Bad for health, environment.
Huge pressure on energy/water supplies
Few long-term jobs generated
Local people, not ministers, must decide if they want datacentres.
Bad for health, environment.
Huge pressure on energy/water supplies
Few long-term jobs generated
Local people, not ministers, must decide if they want datacentres.
Server infrastructure costing too much?
Need less capex spend?
Try centralising in giant monopoly datacentres
No backup, no failover
Just giant monopoly datacentres
Huge AWS bills too
You will certainly not regret giant monopoly datacentres
Need less capex spend?
Try centralising in giant monopoly datacentres
No backup, no failover
Just giant monopoly datacentres
Huge AWS bills too
You will certainly not regret giant monopoly datacentres
October 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Server infrastructure costing too much?
Need less capex spend?
Try centralising in giant monopoly datacentres
No backup, no failover
Just giant monopoly datacentres
Huge AWS bills too
You will certainly not regret giant monopoly datacentres
Need less capex spend?
Try centralising in giant monopoly datacentres
No backup, no failover
Just giant monopoly datacentres
Huge AWS bills too
You will certainly not regret giant monopoly datacentres
Google developers significantly misstate carbon emissions of proposed UK datacentres.
Just 3 will generate emissions
equivalent to those of a city such as Bristol.
Impact on humans and living things?
Datacentres consume excessive amount of water/electricity, generate few permanent jobs.
Just 3 will generate emissions
equivalent to those of a city such as Bristol.
Impact on humans and living things?
Datacentres consume excessive amount of water/electricity, generate few permanent jobs.
Google developers significantly misstate carbon emissions of proposed UK datacentres
Emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystoke’s Lincolnshire plans show similar error
www.theguardian.com
May 10, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Google developers significantly misstate carbon emissions of proposed UK datacentres.
Just 3 will generate emissions
equivalent to those of a city such as Bristol.
Impact on humans and living things?
Datacentres consume excessive amount of water/electricity, generate few permanent jobs.
Just 3 will generate emissions
equivalent to those of a city such as Bristol.
Impact on humans and living things?
Datacentres consume excessive amount of water/electricity, generate few permanent jobs.
I don't know if anyone cares, but Victoria's proposed rules do not "force datacentres to use renewable energy", and falsely stating that they do is actively helping the data centre industry do the pretend-fainting shock performance they're doing to try and kill even the weakest of regulations
September 26, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I don't know if anyone cares, but Victoria's proposed rules do not "force datacentres to use renewable energy", and falsely stating that they do is actively helping the data centre industry do the pretend-fainting shock performance they're doing to try and kill even the weakest of regulations
Datacentres start to overheat as everyone tries to use the same Windsor Davies gif at once.
DeepSeek: AI investors could lose more than $1 trillion as new Chinese app dominates US products
www.itv.com/news/2025-01...
www.itv.com/news/2025-01...
www.itv.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Datacentres start to overheat as everyone tries to use the same Windsor Davies gif at once.
you let the government use your datacentres for war, your datacentres become legal targets of war, that's how it works.
“A cloud region losing customer data because of an airstrike—I don’t think that’s ever happened before.”
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
AWS Says It Can’t Restore Some Data From Mideast Facilities Struck by Iran
Amazon’s announcement is the first indication that some data stored exclusively in Bahrain and the U.A.E could be gone forever.
www.wsj.com
September 16, 2026 at 2:39 AM
you let the government use your datacentres for war, your datacentres become legal targets of war, that's how it works.
September 29, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Right now the government is putting our communities, our water security and our climate ambitions second to the demands of tech giants.
It's time to slam the brakes on water-guzzling, energy hungry datacentres.
It's time to slam the brakes on water-guzzling, energy hungry datacentres.
August 28, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Right now the government is putting our communities, our water security and our climate ambitions second to the demands of tech giants.
It's time to slam the brakes on water-guzzling, energy hungry datacentres.
It's time to slam the brakes on water-guzzling, energy hungry datacentres.
Well, colour me boiling hot but I'd have said 'catastrophic' not 'remarkable'.
"The data heat island effect could have a remarkable influence on communities & regional welfare in the future.”
"In certain cases, nearby temps increased 9°C, or 16.4°F."
"The data heat island effect could have a remarkable influence on communities & regional welfare in the future.”
"In certain cases, nearby temps increased 9°C, or 16.4°F."
Data centers are so hot their ‘heat island’ effect is raising temperatures up to 6 miles away | Fortune
Researchers warn these “heat islands” could have a “remarkable influence on communities and regional welfare,” and affect more than 340 million people.
fortune.com
September 25, 2026 at 9:29 PM
The environmental cost of datacentres is rising. Is it time to quit AI?
The environmental cost of datacentres is rising. Is it time to quit AI?
As the QuitGPT movement gains momentum, should people concerned about the environmental impacts of AI consider opting out?
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2026 at 11:26 PM
The environmental cost of datacentres is rising. Is it time to quit AI?
“The UK government vastly underestimated the climate impact of artificial intelligence, it has emerged, after officials raised their estimate of carbon emissions from AI by a factor of more than 100”
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www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions
Revised figures increase fears about energy-intensive datacentres worsening climate emergency
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2026 at 7:30 AM
“The UK government vastly underestimated the climate impact of artificial intelligence, it has emerged, after officials raised their estimate of carbon emissions from AI by a factor of more than 100”
🤯
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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www.theguardian.com/technology/2...