The environmental consequences of building and operating large-scale and hyperscale data centres in New Zealand, including their consumption of water and energy, greenhouse gas emissions, and broader ecological footprint, particularly as demand grows with AI adoption.
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concerns over water and energy use in data centres
Greens push to pause big data centre consents, PM calls it 'alarmist'Stacked weekly counts; colour by editorial lean. Stuff and The Spinoff lean centre-left, NZ Herald centre-right, others centre.
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