As AI guzzles water and energy, we are already facing a choice: datacentres or homes? | John Harris
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Whitehall wants to triple their number in the UK. Yet in Slough, I saw the impact they’re having on communities Amid headlines about the UK’s drought , Europe’s wildfires and impossible global temperatures, it was 28C when I arrived in Slough last Monday.
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