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fromComputerWeekly.com
1 week ago

IT Sustainability Think Tank: How IT sustainability entered the mandate era during 2025 | Computer Weekly

As the calendar turns the final pages on 2025, the information technology sector stands at a critical juncture regarding its environmental commitments. This year was not marked by technological breakthroughs solving decarbonisation, but by the decisive maturation of sustainability from a strategic differentiator into an operational and regulatory imperative. This transition involved a painful reckoning with data complexity, supply chain reality, and the sheer energy appetite of modern computing, driven primarily by the rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI).
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fromFast Company
1 month ago

Data centers have huge water and carbon impacts. Building them in these states could reduce that

Rapid expansion of AI data centers in the U.S. could increase electricity and water demand and raise carbon emissions, with location critically affecting impacts.
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fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Why is Bill Gates tone policing on climate change?

Bill Gates urges optimism about climate progress and shifting focus from emissions targets toward improving lives using AI, a stance criticized for excusing polluters.
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