• Investment in data centers worldwide hit record $61bn in 2025, report finds

    Analysts see ‘global construction frenzy that shows no signs of slowing’ amid surge in demand from AI boomA new report finds that investment in the worldwide data center market reached $61bn this year, setting a new record atop the wave of the artificial intelligence boom.The analysis by S&P Global, first reported by CNBC, documented what the market intelligence firm called a “global construction frenzy that shows no signs of slowing”, to build out the massive real es
  • OpenAI’s Stargate Data Center Approved in Michigan as American Anger Starts to Boil

    OpenAI’s Stargate Data Center Approved in Michigan as American Anger Starts to Boil
    The data center backlash has begun.
  • What will your life look like in 2035?

    When AIs become consistently more capable than humans, life could change in strange ways. It could happen in the next few years, or a little longer. If and when it comes, our domestic routines – trips to the doctor, farming, work and justice systems – could all look very different. Here we take a look at how the era of artificial general intelligence might feel“Does it hurt when I do this?” Continue reading...
  • Proposal to allow use of Australian copyrighted material to train AI abandoned after backlash

    Productivity Commission recommends waiting three years to establish review into technology after furious response from creative industriesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Productivity Commission has abandoned a proposal to allow tech companies to mine copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence models, after a fierce backlash from the creative industries.Instead, the government’s top economic advi
  • Advertisement

  • UK’s largest proposed datacentre ‘understating planned water use’

    Analysis suggests consumption at Northumberland site could be 50 times higher than US operator QTS estimatesThe UK’s largest proposed datacentre is understating the scale of its planned water use, according to an analysis.The first phase of construction for the hyperscale campus in Cambois in Northumberland has been given the go-ahead by the local council. The US operator QTS, which is developing the site, has promoted its “water-free” cooling system as proof of its sustainabil