Why is AI so thirsty? – podcast

Last week, Keir Starmer announced his plans to use artificial intelligence to drive “incredible change in our country”. Part of the strategy is to create “AI growth zones”, including one in Culham, Oxfordshire.

The decision caught the attention of the Guardian’s environment reporter Helena Horton.

“They’ve placed this growth zone in one of the most water-stressed areas of the UK,” Helena tells Michael Safi. “The Environment Agency has categorised that area as severely water…