Wireless Charging Roads Are Moving From Pilots To Public Streets
Trials in the United States and Europe are testing whether embedding wireless charging systems beneath road surfaces can support electric vehicles while driving and reduce reliance on plug-in infrastructure. Why Wireless Charging Roads? Wireless charging roads, often described as electric roads or dynamic wireless charging systems, are intended to address one of the most persistent […]
Bots Overtake Human Traffic
AI driven bots are rapidly overtaking humans as the primary consumers of online content, creating growing sustainability concerns around energy use, digital efficiency, and the future structure of the open web. Report The latest State of the Bots report from AI bot traffic measurement company TollBit shows a marked acceleration in automated web traffic during […]
Why Space Is Being Tested as a Home for Data Centres
As the environmental and energy costs of Earth-based data centres rise sharply, companies are beginning to test whether space could offer a more sustainable and resilient place to store critical data. Rising Pressure On Earth-Based Data Centres The global data centre industry has faced increasing pressure in recent years as demand has accelerated, driven by […]
Wind Turbine Wall Promises Three Times More Offshore Power
Japan has lifted a prototype offshore wind turbine wall above the ocean, demonstrating how a new clustered turbine design could dramatically increase renewable energy output while reshaping the economics of offshore wind. A Different Way Of Thinking About Offshore Wind For more than two decades, offshore wind has largely followed the simple formula of building […]
Data Centres May Shrink as On Device AI Challenges the Cloud Buildout
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas has warned that if capable AI can run locally on personal devices, the economic and environmental case for endlessly expanding large data centres could start to weaken. Data Packed Locally On A Chip Instead For most users today, artificial intelligence follows a simple pattern. A request is sent from a phone, […]
Bacteria Could Turn Martian Soil Into Sustainable Building Material
An international research team has proposed using bacteria to bind Martian soil into concrete-like structures, offering a lower-energy and more sustainable way to build future habitats on Mars. What The New Research Is Proposing A new perspective paper published in Frontiers in Microbiology examines whether biomineralisation, a natural process driven by microorganisms, could be adapted […]
How Technology Is Redefining Drought-Resilient Agriculture
As climate change drives more frequent and unpredictable drought, scientists are studying resurrection plants to understand how their extreme survival traits could help agriculture become more resilient and sustainable. What Are Resurrection Plants? Resurrection plants are a small and exceptional group of flowering plants capable of surviving the loss of more than 90 per cent […]
Sustainability-in-Tech : B&Q Adds Sustainable Brick to Its Online Range
B&Q has added a brick described as the world’s most sustainable to its online marketplace, making a low-carbon construction material previously used mainly on commercial projects available to UK consumers for the first time. Kenoteq The product in question is the K-Briq, developed by Scottish cleantech firm Kenoteq, and its arrival on B&Q’s website marks […]
Data Centre Power Demand May Triple By 2035
Global data centre electricity demand is now forecast to almost triple by 2035, forcing urgent questions about how to power the AI boom sustainably. The Forecasts Point To A Steep Rise New analysis from BloombergNEF suggests data centres could be drawing around 106 gigawatts of power by 2035, up from about 40 gigawatts today. This […]
Why Green Hydrogen’s Global Rollout Is Struggling
Green hydrogen was expected to become one of the most important clean fuels for decarbonising heavy industry, yet many projects across Europe, the United States and Australia are now slowing, shrinking or being cancelled altogether. What Is Green Hydrogen? Green hydrogen is produced by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen using renewable electricity from wind, […]
Old Smartphones Find A Second Life As Tiny Data Centres
Researchers have developed a low cost way to turn discarded smartphones into tiny data centres that can support real world environmental and civic projects. Why Old Smartphones Still Matter More than 1.2 billion smartphones are produced every year, yet most are replaced within two or three years even when they remain fully functional. The environmental […]
Sustainability-in-Tech: Powering AI Data Centres Using Hot Rocks
Exowatt, a Sam Altman-backed energy startup, plans to revolutionise AI data centre energy consumption by harnessing the power of concentrated solar energy stored in high-temperature hot rocks to provide round-the-clock, dispatchable electricity. A Viable Alternative to Traditional Grid-Based Power? Co-founded by Hannan Happi, who has a background in energy innovation and technology development, Exowatt aims […]