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+ Water
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+ Wired investigates how AI data centres are straining local water supplies in drought-prone
+ regions, including Arizona and the Netherlands, where communities are fighting back against
+ hyperscaler expansion.
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+ Wired
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+ Energy
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+ Reuters reports that US electricity demand is set to grow more than at any point in a
+ generation, driven almost entirely by AI data centres â and that the grid is not ready
+ for the load.
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+ Reuters
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+ Jobs
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+ BBC analysis of OECD data showing that knowledge workers in advanced economies face
+ the greatest exposure to large language model automation, with legal, financial,
+ and software roles under the most immediate pressure.
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+ BBC News
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+ Carbon
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+ Financial Times investigation into how Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are
+ quietly walking back sustainability targets as AI infrastructure investment
+ requires reopening coal and gas power plants.
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+ Financial Times
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+ Nuclear
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+ Microsoft struck a deal to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania
+ exclusively to power its AI data centres â a stark illustration of the energy demands
+ that the AI boom has created.
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+ The Guardian
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+ Automation
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+ CNBC reports on companies cutting entry-level hiring in software engineering,
+ customer service, and data annotation as AI agents take on tasks previously
+ requiring a junior employee â shrinking the on-ramp for the next generation.
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+ CNBC
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