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.
Sustainability & ESG
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.
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.
Non-Profit Takes Over Britain's 39m Smart Meter Network
Control of the data network behind Great Britain's smart meters has passed from a Capita subsidiary to a not-for-profit successor after years of delays and rising costs.
Hult Survey: 90% of Firms Believe Modern Slavery Is in Supply Chains
Hult research finds 90% of surveyed businesses think modern slavery occurs in their supply chains, while 56% of teams handling it spend under 40% of their time on action.
UN Report: Overshooting 1.5C Would Leave Lasting Ice Loss
A UN-backed report says glaciers and polar ice sheets suffer damage that does not reverse even if temperatures later fall back to 1.5C. Scientists want any overshoot kept as short as possible.