Analysis: Renewables missing out on AI investment boom despite fuelling the technology

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Clean energy 'is no longer just about climate; it is now a strategic enabler of the AI economy', experts tell recent investment roundtable event in London

A sizeable portion of the infrastructure and energy that has fuelled the present Artificial Intelligence (AI) boom has come from renewables, yet the clean energy sector has failed to reap nearly as much...

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