Study: Energy-hungry data centres and air con wiping out climate gains made by renewables

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Report warns rapid expansion of renewables is largely covering fast-growing energy demand from data centres and cooling systems rather than displacing fossil fuels

Energy-hungry artificial intelligence (AI) data centres and the growing use of air conditioning in a fast-heating world are threatening to erode the emissions reductions delivered by the global renewables...

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