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As AI data centres guzzle energy, can we harness their wasted heat?
The rapid development of AI is draining our resources, but engineers have found a way to use heat lost to the air.
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Did a revolt against data centres influence the results of the mid-term elections in the United States?
BBC Verify examines whether US voters were influenced by the growth of data centres and the impact that anti-AI sentiment could have on this sector.
World
AI Data centres face growing backlash
Democrats are also calling for tighter regulation of AI data centres, a concern shared across Europe. In Amsterdam, several hundred activists occupied the site of a planned Microsoft data centre as part of a two-day protest taking place across the continent. Jennie Shin reports.
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'Like a cancer': How data centres became a key issue at midterms
Over 5,000 data centres are now scattered across the US, some near ubran centes, generating noise pollution and consuming large amount of electricity. Donald Trump has long defended the construction of these mega structures, which are essential for big tech companies to run. But voters, including many Republicans, say they are feeling betrayed by their government.
Science
AI data centres could undermine UK's emissions goals
Four planned "hyperscale" data centres consider using gas-fired power for their electricity needs.
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Data centres on the ballot: could the AI infrastructure shape US midterms?
Voters from Ohio to Illinois decide dozens of local measures on Tuesday, as opposition to the giant buildings powering AI cuts across party lines.