UN chief Guterres calls on AI companies to disclose environmental impacts of data centres
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Megan Rowling
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has launched an initiative calling on AI companies to disclose the full environmental impacts of their operations, including carbon emissions, water usage, land use, and energy consumption of data centres. Speaking at London Climate Action Week, Guterres acknowledged AI's potential to accelerate climate solutions but stressed that its growing resource demands must be transparently reported.
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AI can accelerate climate solutions, among other key challenges, and said its potential must be harnessed.
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