As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new data centers—particularly from Amazon—Mahul must keep its major coal plants. Read this @theguardian.com report for #DarkSideOfTheBoom to learn more: https://loom.ly/BjYAM1M#DarkSideOfTheBoom📸Credit: NurPhoto/Getty Images.

Mumbai’s rapid data center growth deepens energy pressure, fuels coal dependence and exposes widening inequality. Read Sushmita's report for @techpolicypress.bsky.social to learn more: https://loom.ly/cuSIyzM 📸Credit: Gloria Mendoza/Better Images of AI/CC by 4.0.

A #DarkSideOfTheBoom report for @bloomberg.com reveals that Amazon ran 924 data centres across 50+ countries in 2023. Learn about the environmental impact in places like Mumbai: https://loom.ly/Q1DAjqI#DarkSideOfTheBoom📸Bloomberg/Getty Images.

‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Der Betrieb von Datencentern durch internationale Firmen wie Amazon, treibt den Energiebedarf nach oben. Laut Leak verbrauchten allein Amazons Co-Location-Datacentres 2023 rund 624.518 MWh Strom. Genug um 400.000 indische Haushalte ein Jahr zu versorgen. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

This is criminal (or at least it should be) – “An investigation by SourceMaterial and the Guardian reveals the biggest single factor in the city’s failure to end its dependence on fossil fuels: energy-hungry datacentres.”

This reporting was supported by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network as part of their “Dark Side of the Boom” reporting project on resource-intensive digital technology in Asia. www.techpolicy.press/mumbais-data...

As data centers scale across Mumbai, the city faces mounting energy pressure and persistent inequality, revealing the uneven costs of India’s digital ambitions, Sushmita reports for Tech Policy Press.

This reporting was supported by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network as part of their “Dark Side of the Boom” reporting project on resource-intensive digital technology in Asia. www.techpolicy.press/mumbais-data...

As data centers scale across Mumbai, the city faces mounting energy pressure and persistent inequality, revealing the uneven costs of India’s digital ambitions, Sushmita reports for Tech Policy Press.

As data centers scale across Mumbai, the city faces mounting energy pressure and persistent inequality, revealing the uneven costs of India’s digital ambitions, Sushmita reports for Tech Policy Press. buff.ly/vhlFLgb

🚨New: Mumbai's rapid data center growth fuels coal dependence and inequality Adani Elec. Mumbai Ltd projected a sharp rise in demand from about 50 MW in 2023 to 638 MW by 2027 Of this data centers will consume 354 MW, Dahanu plant to keep running www.techpolicy.press/mumbais-data...

Mumbai Families Suffer As Datacentres Keep The City Hooked On Coal @lukewbarratt.bsky.social @atikarehman.bsky.social and @sushmitaw.bsky.social report for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal | Technology | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Good luck, we're going to need it - "Public health impacts must be a central consideration when siting datacenters and choosing energy sources”

Mumbai. Amazon data centers keep coal-fired power plants in operation with predictable burdens for human health. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants.

#India: ‘It’s hell for us here’: ##Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on #coal. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

'Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal. As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants' www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

This story was published in partnership with The Guardian, whose version can be read here: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

A real world version of The Matrix: AI feeding on people. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

New from me: I've seen more internal Amazon documents revealing the company's data centre footprint—and environmental impact—is even more massive than people already realised. In 2023, it used 924 data centres in 50 countries, and has built many more since. www.source-material.org/amazon-data-...

Amazon, the biggest data centre provider in the world, is actually *even bigger* than we thought. New investigation based on leaked documents by my colleague @lukewbarratt.bsky.social. www.source-material.org/amazon-data-...

Finally published a major story I've been working on for some time, with my colleague @atikarehman.bsky.social and @sushmitaw.bsky.social. Leaked documents have revealed Amazon's "dirty energy empire", as families in Mumbai suffer. www.source-material.org/amazon-data-...

NEW: We've seen documents revealing Amazon's hidden data centres—and hidden impact on the environment. The AI giant has twice as many data centres as previously reported, our investigation found. www.source-material.org/amazon-data-...

And the heat goes on . . . “It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal - The Guardian

“‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal” — The Guardian #EnvironmentalNews #Environment #Coal

‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants Each day, Kiran Kasbe...

Luke Barratt, Atika Rehman & Sushmita: ‘It’s hell for us here’: #mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on #coal. As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new #datacenters, particularly from #Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep […]

‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal

🚨Exclusive: Tata Power's coal power plant due to close last year, got extended life as the company projected data centres to be biggest consumers of electricity. The plant is located near Mahul, Mumbai's toxic hell @earthjournalism.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal - The Guardian www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

As #India transforms into a hub for artificial intelligence, the datacentre boom is creating a toxic hell and ruining the health of its people. “Amazon is using the shiny thing of AI to distract from the fact that it’s building a dirty energy empire." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

🚨Revealed: "Most of the energy in the data centre industry is going into colocations.” In 2023 Amazon used 924 data centres in more than 50 countries, with many more in development, docs seen by @source-material.org show With @earthjournalism.bsky.social www.source-material.org/amazon-data-...

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Amazon, Google y Microsoft han establecido sus centros de datos en el estado mexicano de Querétaro. Estos centros extraen agua de acuíferos clave que sustentan la agricultura y las comunidades locales. Por @pjarandia.bsky.social y @dandiba.bsky.social para @elpais.com. bit.ly/4oCBgx8

An English version of our investigation alongside @pulitzercenter.org on the local impacts of Big Tech's AI infrastructure was just published by @elpais.com english.elpais.com/technology/2...

Amazon, Google, and Microsoft's data centers are consuming water in drought-ridden areas and seizing land in Chile, Mexico, and Spain. AI Fellow @pjarandia.bsky.social, @dandiba.bsky.social, and Muriel Alarcón, reveal –for @elpaiscyt.bsky.social– how these centers are built. bit.ly/4lADqe3

Last week, CNN ran a story that inadvertently underscored the fact that most journalism is still not getting across the full truth about climate change.

incredible timing www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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