Microsoft unveiled its Community-First AI Infrastructure initiative, pledging to cover full electricity costs, reject local property tax breaks, and replenish more water than its data centres consume. The company has been developing the initiative since September 2025, responding to shifting public sentiment observed in Wisconsin, where concerns shifted to electricity
Elon Musk's xAI company was hit with an environmental lawsuit on 18th June 2025, as the Nevada Clean Air Alliance and Sierra Club environmental groups initiated legal proceedings against the company for operating over 400 MW of gas turbines at its data centre in Clark County, Nevada, without
The Climate Change Information Centre, developed by Meta, a tool for information about climate change, suffers from serious methodological problems that cause it to communicate misleading data to users potentially. Based on a Financial Times report from July 12, 2025, researchers from three universities have uncovered significant deficiencies in Meta&
Hitachi Energy CEO Claudio Facchin warned in July 2025 that sudden energy consumption spikes caused by AI systems pose a significant risk to global power supply stability. The root of the problem lies in the operation of AI data centres, which have extremely intensive but unpredictable energy demands, presenting a
Meta signed a 20-year agreement with Constellation Energy to secure nuclear power for meeting rising energy needs from AI infrastructure, announced on June 3rd. The deal will expand Clinton Clean Energy Center's output by 30 megawatts, preserve 1,100 local jobs and generate $13.5 million in annual
Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek unveiled its new chatbot in January 2025, which, they claim, operates at a considerably lower cost and energy consumption than competitors. This could represent a significant breakthrough in reducing the environmental impact of artificial intelligence, as current data centres consume 1-2% of global electricity, according
The AI Action Summit held in Paris on February 11 brought sharp divisions in artificial intelligence regulation to the surface. The United States and the United Kingdom rejected signing the "Artificial Intelligence for People and Planet" declaration, while more than 61 countries - including France, China, India and
Current AI, a pioneering nonprofit artificial intelligence initiative, launched with $400 million in initial funding on February 10, 2025, at the Paris AI Action Summit. The project aims to support AI developments that directly serve social interests, with special focus on healthcare and environmental protection goals. The initiative is backed
The two-day artificial intelligence summit held in the French capital between February 10-11, 2025, was attended by nearly one hundred countries and more than a thousand stakeholders. French President Emmanuel Macron announced the country's €109 billion AI investment plan at the event. At the meeting co-organized with Indian
