LSE report finds rising climate litigation targeting datacentres and AI infrastructure globally
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Isabella Kaminski
4h ago· 4 min readenNews
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A report by the London School of Economics analyzing approximately 3,600 climate-related lawsuits since 2015 finds a growing number of legal cases targeting datacentres and AI infrastructure. These cases challenge the energy sources, water consumption, and air pollution of datacentres, with climate implications. One of the first such cases was filed in 2020 in Santiago, Chile, against Google's planned large datacentre.
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In an analysis of about 3,600 climate-related lawsuits filed since 2015, the latest annual review of climate litigation by the London School of Economics (LSE) found a growing number of cases challenging the energy sources, water consumption and air pollution of datacentres, all of which have related climate implications.
One of the first cases was filed in 2020 in Chile's capital Santiago, where Google was planning a huge datacentre in
LSE analysis highlights litigation linked to energy sources, water consumption and air pollution
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