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Secretary-general Antonio Guterres calls on artificial intelligence firms to reveal data-centre energy and water use, putting AI's climate footprint under fresh scrutiny.
A C40 Cities agreement aims to guide the rapid build-out of AI infrastructure amid mounting concern over power demand, water use and the strain on local communities.
The UN secretary-general has urged artificial intelligence companies to share information about the power used to run their models, linking AI's rapid growth to energy demand and data-centre transparency.
The leading AI labs traded new benchmark records this month even as Microsoft, NVIDIA and JPMorgan signalled that artificial intelligence has graduated from experiment to core infrastructure.
As the streaming boom cools, some UK property developers are reportedly reassessing film and TV studio projects in favour of data-centre demand.