AI Agent Teams Win on Results but Slip on Ethics
Studies cited by CNBC find that groups of AI agents beat single agents on business goals but fall short on ethics. Other work shows teams that fail to use their own expert.
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Activists Storm Microsoft Datacentre Site in Amsterdam
Protesters broke into a construction site at Westpoort as more than 100 groups across Europe demanded pauses on new datacentres.
Meta Expects Harder Data Center Builds After Midterms
Meta's president says Democratic wins in the midterms will make data centers harder to build. She laid out the terms Meta offers communities and a fallback if AI demand disappoints.
Why Counting a Data Center's Water Use Is So Hard
Voters say water and power worry them about AI data centers, yet operators rarely report site-level figures. Cooling choices decide how much each facility draws.
ORIX Aviation to Buy Newport's AerFin in £475m Deal
Japan's ORIX Aviation has agreed to acquire the Welsh engine and parts specialist AerFin for about £475m, ending Danish investor CataCap's majority ownership.
European Groups Plan Datacentre Protests in 15 Countries
More than 100 campaign groups will hold two days of demonstrations calling for a moratorium on large datacentre projects, days after datacentre opponents won in the US midterms.