2024-12-17 16:56:30.AIbase.14.0k
AI Data Centers Pose Regulatory Challenges, Threatening Climate Goals
With the surge in demand for artificial intelligence and large-scale data processing, data centers, as the infrastructure for these operations, are having an increasingly negative environmental impact. A recent research report delves into the environmental and regulatory issues associated with AI data centers, highlighting the urgent need for improvements in the current policy framework to address the growing consumption of energy and water resources. Image source note: The image is generated by AI and licensed through the service provider Midjourney. The research report emphasizes significant gaps in the current approaches of the EU and the US in this field, calling for countries to develop more robust regulations.