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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Sandra Laville Environment correspondent

Call to make tech firms report data centre energy use as AI booms

Black server cabinets in a white room
The report said there was no reliable data on how much energy and water is used by data centres. Photograph: Dpa Picture Alliance/Alamy

Tech companies should be required by law to report the energy and water consumption for their data centres, as the boom in AI risks causing irreparable damage to the environment, experts have said.

AI is growing at a rate unparalleled by other energy systems, bringing heightened environmental risk, a report by the National Engineering Policy Centre (NEPC) said.

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