How AI Is bringing sustainability back into focus
Sustainability is once again becoming a strategic priority as AI reshapes energy demand, risk management, and corporate competitiveness. A report by the WE Forum argues that AI is making access to affordable, reliable, and clean energy increasingly important.
Schwarz Digits plans another data center
Schwarz Digits plans to invest €5.6 billion in a large AI data centre in Dummerstorf, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The facility is expected to reach a capacity of 240 megawatts by 2033 and could be expanded to up to one gigawatt by 2045.
AI could help reduce Europe’s water losses
Europe loses around 23% of its treated water before it ever reaches consumers. The main reason is outdated and leaky pipelines. With droughts becoming more frequent, these losses are making water shortages worse and driving up costs.
Harness AI for a more resilient, sustainable energy sector
Artificial intelligence is becoming a key building block in creating a more resilient and sustainable energy sector. It helps companies better balance economic efficiency, reliability and decarbonization.
AI data centers face growing resistance
The boom in AI data centers is facing increasing resistance. While tech companies continue expanding infrastructure for AI models and AI tools, many communities are pushing back against rising electricity and water consumption, noise, land use and lack of transparency.
WordPress tool cuts web crawling costs
The British nonprofit organization The Chancery Lane Project has released a new open-source plugin for WordPress that could significantly reduce the cost and energy used when AI agents crawl websites.
Three ways to more sustainable data centers
As energy demand continues to rise, three key levers are emerging to make data centers more sustainable. These include infrastructure, cooling methods, and management.
Sustainable data centers strengthen AI in the UK
The rapidly growing energy requirements of AI are placing an increasing burden on British data centers. Sustainability, affordability, and efficiency are crucial to remaining competitive and achieving net-zero targets.
Steps towards a positive net energy balance for AI
As AI is driving up demand for data centres, electricity consumption could double by 2030. This would have significant consequences for power grids, costs and emissions unless growth is strategically managed.
Project Management drives AI-powered sustainability
Sustainability has become a central business priority, and AI offers significant opportunities to enhance it. However, this requires that AI is deeply integrated within the organization through effective project management.