UN Urges AI Firms to Disclose Data Centre Environmental Costs, Citing Sub-Saharan Africa Water Comparison

The United Nations has called on major artificial intelligence companies to publicly disclose the full environmental cost of their data centres and to power them with renewable energy, launching a transparency initiative for the sector. The rapid global build-out of data centres to fuel the AI revolution has drawn scrutiny from environmental groups for high energy and water use and a lack of transparency. “By 2030, they could use more power than all but five countries — and enough water to meet