AI & Enterprise

EU pushes to require big data centres to disclose energy and water use to manage AI power demand

The European Union is moving to introduce rules requiring data centres above a certain size to disclose their energy and water use, as AI drives a surge in demand for computing facilities. The European Commission proposed applying a common rating system to data centres with power capacity above 500 kW. The proposal is tied to the EU plan to triple data-centre capacity within seven years and could later underpin performance regulation.

AI & Enterprise

Dispute grows over jobs impact of UK AI data centre expansion

Britain is rapidly expanding AI data centres, but the number of permanent jobs created may be far smaller than industry forecasts, an analysis said. Think tank Verdant estimated about 4,400 jobs are directly supported by current data centres and projected about 10,400 direct operating jobs when planned facilities are included, well below techUK estimates. techUK disputed the methodology, while the government said value cannot be judged by jobs per megawatt alone.