A typical AI data center consumes as much power as 100,000 homes, according to the U.N.

Big tech also must be responsible in its use of water for cooling, the U.N. secretary general said this week.

Major tech firms should commit to fully powering data centers with renewable energy by 2030, said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.

Big tech also must be responsible in its use of water for cooling, Guterres said in New York City this week as he presented the U.N.’s new report on the energy transition, Seizing the Moment of Opportunity, together with the International Renewable Energy Agency.

“AI can boost efficiency, innovation and resilience in energy systems, but it is also energy hungry,” Guterres said. “This is not sustainable — unless we make it so.”

A typical AI data

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