China’s Data Centers and AI Industry Pose Growing Water Supply Concerns
China’s data centers consume approximately 1.3 billion cubic meters (343 billion gallons) of water each year, a quantity adequate to fulfill the residential requirements of 26 million people. This trend of escalating water usage for powering artificial intelligence and data centers raises concerns about potential strain on China’s water supply, according to the non-profit organization […]
Middle East embracing AI with open arms: CIO PlayBook 2024
There is large-scale adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) among businesses in the Middle East, with nearly two in every three companies considering it inevitable and a similar number actively investing in Generative AI. All this and more has been revealed in a new IDC eBook, sponsored by Lenovo, titled CIO PlayBook 2024: It’s all About […]
Sizing Perth’s potential as a data centre hub for South East Asia
Drivers for Growth The Western Australian Government wants Perth to become a data centre hub servicing the SE Asian market. After launching an independent Data Centre Prospectus in November 2022 it has since followed up with a raft of digital and energy initiatives to make this policy deliver. In March this year, the government said […]