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Get all the details from the author, Ketan Joshi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOlt-PYcnLk
Thevideo is not so much a TL;DR as to whet your appetite to read the report:
https://mastodon.social/@ketanjoshi.co@ketanjoshi.co/116083027439799872
"Across Europe, irrigation consistently emerges as the largest contributor to freshwater appropriation, particularly in already stressed river basins. Livestock water demand frequently coincides with irrigation, amplifying local pressure.
Energy production is also appropriating large volumes of water.
Climate change will sharpen existing vulnerabilities, making anticipatory action increasingly important."
And here come the data centers.
Families won’t see relief from rising electricity prices anytime soon, as demand from artificial intelligence data centers soars while power supply grows slowly, according to Goldman Sachs.
Here's how much electricity prices jumped in 2025
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/electricity-price-data-center-ai-inflation-goldman.html
How Can AI Address Climate Justice When Women’s Voices Are Silenced?
"Despite their central role in society, women face persistent barriers to digital access and representation: [They are] underrepresed in AI training data, system design and governance processes.
Fctors such as class, race, caste, migration status, geography and age further reveal how AI-driven climate governance aligns technological power with social privilege, reinforcing existing inequalities."
"Datacentre developers are facing pressure to reveal whether their projects will increase the UK’s net greenhouse gas emissions, amid concerns the sites could double national electricity demand."
Why are electricity prices rising so much?
"It's data centers and it's nothing but data centers. And the people who start trying to muddy the waters with EVs and electrification, that's not true. Absolutely not true. There's no data to support it. It's it's not true. Our data shows that it's data centers"
https://mastodon.social/@ketanjoshi.co@bsky.brid.gy/116165529703364314
"A coalition of energy and environment groups, including the Clean Energy Council, Electrical Trades Union, Australian Conservation Foundation and Climate Energy Finance, proposed a set of “public interest principles for datacentres” that include investing in new renewable energy and using water responsibly."
"The report, The Urgent Case Against Data Centers, methodically outlines the need for a moratorium on new data center construction nationwide, so that local, state and federal leaders can take the time needed to thoroughly and adequately evaluate these and other inherent harms and threats from this aggressive, profit-driven industry."
"Despite Big Tech’s best efforts to offset its emissions, many researchers are critical about whether carbon credits will actually help companies to achieve this. A 2025 review paper, analysing 25 years of evidence, showed that failure of carbon offsets to cut planet-heating pollution was “not due to a few bad apples” but rather was owing to deep-seated systemic problems that gradual change to the system will not fix."
Australia has set new expectations for AI data centres – they should serve the public
"The message is simple: if companies want faster federal approvals, they must show their projects are in Australia’s national interest, support the clean energy shift, use water responsibly, create local jobs, and build local capability.
They’re now being treated as major infrastructure, with real effects on the power grid, water systems, land use and local communities."
A lot of ground gets covered in this eye-opening conversation on "AI" with Tinmit Gebru and Karen Hao
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