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AI demand means data centres are worsening drought in Mexico

AI demand means data centres are worsening drought in Mexico

Suzanne BearneTechnology Reporter, Querétaro, Mexico Arterra/Getty Images Querétaro is known for its impressive stone aqueduct Located in the middle of Mexico, Querétaro is a charming and colourful colonial-style city known for its dazzling stone aqueduct. But the city, and state of the same name, is also recognised for a very different reason – as Mexico’s data centre capital. Across the …

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Meta to spend hundreds of billions on AI data centres, says Mark Zuckerberg

Meta to spend hundreds of billions on AI data centres, says Mark Zuckerberg

Meta’s founder Mark Zuckerberg has said the social media giant will spend hundreds of billions of dollars on building huge AI data centres in the US. The first multi-gigawatt data centre, called Prometheus, is expected to come online in 2026, Zuckerberg said. He said one of the sites would cover an area nearly the size of Manhattan (59.1 sq km/22.8 …

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