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- A United Nations report has revealed the increasing resource demands of the artificial intelligence boom.
- Water, land and energy are being used around the world to meet the increasing demand for this technology.
Data centers could produce as many emissions as the UK, occupy as much land as Northern Ireland and use enough water to meet every person’s drinking needs for more than a year by the end of the decade.
The United Nations issued the warnings on Thursday in a report on the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence, which also called for regulatory changes to avert the most damaging impacts.
The findings come as technology companies scramble to build more data centers in Australia, and less than a month after the Senate launched an inquiry into their regulation and distribution.
The 56-page report from the United Nations University Institute on Water, Environment and Health analyzes the direct and indirect impacts of data centers, including their energy,…
