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• De inzet van Uber op datacenters in India wordt gepresenteerd als onderdeel van een bredere technologie- en kostenstrategie, waarbij het bedrijf infrastructuurkeuzes afweegt nu AI-gestuurde risico's toenemen. • Uit de berichtgeving blijkt dat ongeveer 90% van de gevorderde AI-gebruikers bepaalde uitgaven aan business process outsourcing vermindert, wat onderstreept hoe automatisering bedrijfsbudgettenten hervormt. • Deze ontwikkeling is van belang voor het enterprise-tech-ecosysteem van India, omdat het de vraag naar cloudinfrastructuur koppelt aan de snelle adoptie van AI-tools en veranderende outsourcingpatronen.

• Brancheorganisatie stelt dat het energieverbruik gedreven door AI wereldwijd met 15% is gestegen in twee jaar, terwijl zij waarschuwt voor maatschappelijke weerstand • Datacentra consumeren 6% van de elektriciteit in het VK en de VS, waarbij de groeiende druk van AI op de energievoorzieningen leidt tot verzet vanuit de gemeenschap, volgens onderzoek. • Het aandeel elektriciteit dat wordt gebruikt door enorme magazijnen vol microchips om AI en het internet van stroom te voorzien, is de afgelopen twee jaar wereldwijd met 15% gestegen, nu de jaarlijkse wereldwijde investeringen in datacentra de $1 biljoen (£740 miljard) naderen – bijna 1% van de wereldeconomie, volgens de International Data Center Association (IDCA).

Emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystoke’s Lincolnshire plans show similar errorDevelopers working for Google have significantly misstated how much carbon two proposed AI datacentres will contribute to the UK’s total emissions in planning documents reviewed by the Guardian.The tech company wants to build two huge datacentres – one 52-hectare (130 acre) project in Thurrock and another at an airfield in North Weald, both in Essex. To do so, developers are required to submit planning documents calculating how much carbon these projects will emit as a proportion of the UK’s total carbon footprint. Continue reading...

• TikTok has received approval from Thailand’s Board of Investment for three data centres in Bangkok, Samut Prakan, and Chachoengsao provinces valued at $25 billion or 842 billion THB. • The facilities will serve as regional hubs to store and process data, supporting TikTok's expanding user base across Southeast Asia. • This massive investment underscores TikTok's commitment to infrastructure growth amid rising demand, alongside other approvals like DAMAC Group's $1.4 billion and Bridge Data Centres' $746 million projects.

Pledge ahead of local elections dismissed as ‘not a serious policy’ and ‘profoundly un-British’Coming just days before millions go to the polls, Zia Yusuf’s announcement that a Reform government would ‘prioritise’ the citing of migrant detention centres in areas with Green MPs or councils was certainly eye-catching.“That means areas like right here in Brighton,” Reform’s shadow home secretary said with barely concealed relish in a video in which he paced the beachfront at the constituency which elected Britain’s first Green MP. Continue reading...

• Pixxel and Sarvam AI announced a partnership on Monday to develop India's first AI-powered orbital data centre satellite named Pathfinder. • Pixxel will design, build, launch, and operate the satellite, marking a milestone in space-tech and AI integration. • This initiative positions India as a leader in space-based AI computing, enabling real-time data processing in orbit for enhanced efficiency.

Officials say they will not authorise docking ‘to protect public health’ after deaths of three passengers on vesselWhat is hantavirus, the infection thought to have killed three on cruise ship?Officials in Cape Verde have said they will not allow a cruise ship believed to be harbouring an outbreak of a rare respiratory virus to dock in its ports, after the deaths of three passengers onboard.The statement on Monday came hours after global health officials said they were scrambling to investigate the suspected outbreak of hantavirus, a disease primarily found in rodents, on the cruise ship in the Atlantic. Continue reading...

Rise in electricity demand in first quarter of 2026 was moderated by record output from rooftop solarGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore datacentres and warmer conditions helped push electricity demand to record highs in the first three months of the year, according to Australia’s Energy Market Operator, while growth in batteries kept average wholesale prices down.Electricity demand – from households, business and industry – reached record levels of 25GW in Q1 2026, an increase of 1.2% compared with the same quarter last year. Across the grid, this growth was offset by record output from rooftop solar. Continue reading...