Sustainable Tech

The rapid expansion of data centers to support the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked widespread controversy, as communities in Mexico and Ireland, among others, face recurring power outages and severe water shortages. The insatiable demand for resources to fuel AI's voracious appetite for data processing and storage has...

In the quest to make data centers more efficient and sustainable, researchers have turned to an unlikely material: diamonds. The massive facilities that house computer servers and store vast amounts of digital information are notorious energy guzzlers, with a significant portion of their power consumption being wasted as heat. However,...

The increasing demand for artificial intelligence (A.I.) and its applications has led to a surge in the extraction of essential minerals, such as lithium, cobalt, and copper. These minerals are crucial components in the production of A.I.-enabled devices, including smartphones, laptops, and data center servers. However, the extraction of these...