Anne Alexander

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@aiarmsracebook.bsky.social
@meadwaj.bsky.social & @olliehayes.bsky.social of @globalactionplan.bsky.social

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background image of an electric arc furnace - text says "data centres as industrial infrastructure"

Should we count AI infrastructure as heavy industry? A new post provides some background to the story published with @leanahosea.bsky.social in @theguardian.com on 17 December theaiarmsrace.substack.com/p/data-centr...

05.01.2026 13:30 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

UK’s largest proposed datacentre ‘understating planned water use’ Analysis suggests consumption at Northumberland site could be 50 times higher than US operator QTS estimates

The UK’s largest planned data centre—a project by US firm QTS—is understating its true water consumption by a factor of 50, says new analysis by @watershed-i.bsky.social & @aiarmsracebook.bsky.social @digiconomist.bsky.social No mistake; AI is a heavy, polluting industry. shorturl.at/KXQxJ

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