Data centres across Europe are refusing to disclose how much electricity and water they consume, with fewer than a quarter of the largest Dutch facilities publishing figures, according to a study published on 30 September.
The US Federal Trade Commission has opened an industry-wide investigation into Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI labs, The Guardian reported on 30 September. It is the first official US enforcement action aimed at rogue AI agents.
President Donald Trump is expected to announce roughly $200 billion in South Korean investment in the United States on Wednesday, including about $54 billion tied to the long-delayed Alaska LNG project, according to Bloomberg News reporting cited by Seeking Alpha.
Less than a quarter of the largest Dutch data centres publish their electricity and water consumption, despite an EU directive that has been in force for three years, according to a joint investigation published on 30 September.
Less than a quarter of the largest data centres in the Netherlands publish figures for their electricity and drinking water consumption, a year-long investigation reported on 30 September, even as grid operators forecast the sector will consume 10 to 15 percent of national power by 2030.
Lighthouse Reports filed a formal complaint against the European Commission on Monday, accusing it of building a "wall of silence" around how much energy and water individual data centres use, according to POLITICO, which first reported the filing.
The United States may end up dead last in the global race to electrify cars, CleanTechnica argued on 30 September, as Brazil and Uruguay post faster adoption and Washington blocks competitive Chinese models.
Uber riders in six US cities waited 19% longer for cars and paid 53% more per mile between the first quarter of 2023 and the same period this year, according to an analysis by Columbia Business School's Len Sherman released on 30 September.
Fewer than a quarter of the Netherlands' large data centres publish figures for their electricity and drinking water use, according to a study by Lighthouse Report published on 30 September with Trouw and other European media.
Fewer than a quarter of the Netherlands' largest data centres publish figures on their electricity and drinking water consumption, according to research published on 30 September. The gap lands as grid operators forecast data centres will take 10 to 15 percent of Dutch power by 2030.
Lighthouse Reports filed a formal complaint against the European Commission this week, accusing it of building a "wall of silence" around how much energy and water individual data centers consume, POLITICO reported on 30 September.
Lighthouse Reports filed a complaint under the Aarhus Convention on Monday 28 September accusing the European Commission of shielding the energy and water consumption of individual data centres from public scrutiny, as the EU pushes to triple data centre capacity.
Toyota dropped a 1,675-pound caravan 30 feet onto the roof of its new electric Hilux at an airfield in Suffolk on 30 September, and the truck drove away. The same day, the US Federal Trade Commission opened an industry-wide investigation into Anthropic, OpenAI and the research group Metr.
Delhi has cut its electricity losses from around 50 percent to 5 percent, IEEE Spectrum reported on 29 September. The dispatch lands alongside new modelling showing electrification will shrink total global energy demand rather than grow it.
The world would need about 40% less final energy once its energy system is electrified, according to an analysis published on 29 September by researcher Hannah Ritchie, even as high prices keep pressure on European industry.
Europe's electrified power system absorbed this year's energy price shock far better than gas, but storage and flexibility are still lagging, according to analysis published on 30 September.
Delhi cut power losses from 50% to 5%, IEEE Spectrum reported on 29 September, the same day an analysis argued electrification will shrink global final energy demand by about 40%.
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