The climate risks sparked by AI-driven computing are far-reaching. — Bloomberg
NEW YORK: Tech giants are racing to ward off a carbon time bomb caused by the massive data centres they’re building around the world.
A technique pioneered by Google is gaining currency as more power-hungry artificial intelligence (AI) comes online: Using software to hunt for clean electricity in parts of the world with excess sun and wind on the grid, then ramping up data centre operations there.
