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EU eyes minimum efficiency rules for data centres Capacity set to double by 2030, lifting power demand Sustainability label planned amid energy concerns BRUSSELS, June 3 (Reuters) - The European Union ...

In spring 2026, social media users spread a rumor that a new data center in Utah would use about 16 billion gallons of water a year and that the center would be 2.7 times the size of Manhattan. Utah ...

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SINGAPORE, June 3 (Reuters) - Data centres are expected to consume twice as much power and water by 2030 as they expand to meet the surge in demand from artificial intelligence, U.N. researchers said ...

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Microsoft CEO: New Data Centers Use the Same Amount of Water As a Restaurant According to Satya Nadella, Microsoft's newer facilities use a closed-loop cooling system that circulates the same water ...