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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has relaxed demands for states to power AI datacentres solely with renewable energy, allowing flexibility for jurisdictions with public power systems after national cabinet discussions.
Water UK warns that the British government's AI growth plans fail to account for water demands of datacentres, threatening water supply in stressed regions and potentially making new datacentre growth impossible without policy changes.
Microsoft, Amazon, and Google's combined carbon emissions have risen nearly 20% in the past year to 119 million metric tonnes, driven by datacentre construction for AI. This represents about a third of France's annual emissions, reversing earlier progress toward climate goals.