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Environment
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Ais dirty secret data centre boom threatens resources - The Untold Story

AI data centres could use the equivalent of drinking water needed for more than 8 billion people. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Data centres could produce as many emissions as the United Kingdom by the end of the decade, occupy as much land as Northern Ireland, and consume enough water to meet the drinking needs of every person for more than a year.

The United Nations issued the warnings in a report into the environmental impact of artificial intelligence on Thursday, which also called for regulatory changes to avert its most harmful impacts.

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