AI Datacentres May Heat Surrounding Areas For Miles
AI datacentres built to power the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence may also be creating measurable heat increases across surrounding areas, raising new concerns about their local environmental impact as well as their energy use. New Research Findings A 2026 study led by researchers affiliated with the University of Cambridge examined land surface temperature data […]
AI Enzymes Turn Nylon Waste Into Reusable Materials
A London startup is using AI engineered enzymes to break down one of the world’s toughest plastics and turn it back into high quality raw materials, offering a potential route to large scale circular manufacturing. Why Nylon 6,6 Has Been So Hard To Recycle Nylon 6,6 is a high performance synthetic plastic made from petroleum […]
UK Data Centre Cuts AI Power Use By 40 Per Cent
A UK data centre has demonstrated that artificial intelligence infrastructure can reduce its electricity consumption by up to 40 per cent in response to grid signals without interrupting critical computing workloads. A UK-First Trial Of Flexible AI Infrastructure The demonstration took place at Nebius’s “AI Factory” data centre near London and was conducted in partnership […]
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 […]