Musk, Bezos need just 90 minutes to match your lifetime carbon footprint, says Oxfam
Between jets, yachts and investments in destructive companies, billionaires are speed running the apocalypse
Off-Prem30 Oct 2024 | 82
Climate Change
Datacenter developer says power issues holding up new builds
'The single biggest constraint is access,' says exec looking to invest 'hundreds of millions'
On-Prem29 Oct 2024 | 44
GenAI's dirty secret: It's set to create a mountainous increase in e-waste
New modelling shows tech could massively increase current volumes of electronic landfill by 2030
AI + ML28 Oct 2024 | 26
Energy companies told to recharge for AI datacenter surge
Demand for electricity to outstrip supply soon, warns Bain
On-Prem11 Oct 2024 | 30
Eric Schmidt: Build more AI datacenters, we aren't going to 'hit climate goals anyway'
Perhaps the power-draining tech is the solution after all, posits former Google CEO
AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 80
If you're excited by that $1.5B Michigan nuke plant revival, bear in mind it's definitely a fixer-upper
Analysis Activists, ex-insider sound the alarm as operator says all is under control
On-Prem04 Oct 2024 | 22
Uncle Sam lends $1.5B to reignite Michigan nuclear plant in 2025
Up and atom!
Public Sector01 Oct 2024 | 52
NASA, IBM just open sourced an AI climate model so you can fine-tune your own
Prithvi, Prithvi, Prithvi good
Science25 Sep 2024 | 23
Nvidia's latest AI climate model takes aim at severe weather
That tornado warning couldn't possibly be a hallucination... could it?
Science19 Aug 2024 | 8
The secret to better weather forecasts may be a dash of AI
Google adds machine learning to climate models for 'faster forecasts'
Science27 Jul 2024 | 93
Legendary Glastonbury farm using bovine excreta power plant adds graphene boffinry
This is not BS, it's cutting-edge material science
Science11 Jun 2024 | 35
White House hopes $180M will solve science, tech gaps in commercial fusion power
Researchers get 4 years, a small pot of cash, and long row to hoe before making tech practical by next decade
Science07 Jun 2024 | 19
High-flying drones on a leash could blow traditional wind turbines away
Bristol researcher granted £375K to improve airborne wind energy systems
Science05 Jun 2024 | 40
Energy buffs give small modular reactors a gigantic reality check
Too expensive, slow, and risky for investors, and they're taking focus off renewables, say IEEFA experts
Science03 Jun 2024 | 122
Microsoft's carbon emissions up nearly 30% thanks to AI
Company will require certain suppliers to run on 100% carbon-free electricity ... by 2030
On-Prem16 May 2024 | 37
Italy's climate super computer, Cassandra, to combine HPC with AI
CPU-heavy big iron boasts Intel's HBM-packed Xeons and a tiny complement of Nvidia H100s
HPC10 May 2024 | 11
Asia's hyperscalers hustle for juice as datacenters drain grid
Power shortages are driving the industry to once-unthinkable places
On-Prem09 May 2024 | 3
Tech industry sheds some light on the planet's situation via LinkedIn
Comment Kyndryl exec ponders 'fragility of the planet,' as Intel and Amazon offer advice
Offbeat01 May 2024 | 14
Crypto conferences liquidated after biblical flooding in Dubai
There's something nice about seeing Web3 fanatics in ankle-deep water
Bootnotes17 Apr 2024 | 17
Digital Realty ditches diesel for salad dressing in US to cut datacenter emissions
Hydrotreated vegetable oil to power bit barns stateside after successful Euro trial
Systems11 Apr 2024 | 17
UK awards £1.73M to AI projects to advance net zero goals
Great! Just ignore the energy needed to train them, process queries, keep the lights on in datacenters ...
AI + ML20 Mar 2024 | 35
Caffeine makes fuel cells more efficient, cuts cost of energy storage
Boffins show less platinum may be needed for long-lived power source
Science14 Mar 2024 | 58
Google searches for boss to get grip on climate, energy costs of this AI hype cycle
Hyperscalers increasingly looking over shoulders as workloads grow
AI + ML12 Mar 2024 | 3
Climate change means beer made from sewer water, says North Carolina brewery
Water? Like from the toilet?
Offbeat11 Mar 2024 | 79
Water worries flood in as chip industry and AI models grow thirstier
Mega makers already operate in water-scarce areas, and worry is they'll drink us dry
Systems29 Feb 2024 | 32
With $1B to burn on green tech, HSBC seeks Google’s help
The clock's ticking on those 2030 net zero climate goals
Systems08 Feb 2024 | 7
Think tank funded by Big Tech argues AI’s climate impact is nothing to worry about
Sure, datacenters consume lots of energy. But maybe they'll invent stuff that helps
Off-Prem07 Feb 2024 | 12
US starts 'emergency' checks on cryptocurrency power use, citing winter power demands
Up until now watchdogs say they've just been guesstimating consumption
Public Sector02 Feb 2024 | 81
Affordable, self-healing power grids are closer than you think
Feature They're just an algorithm away, national lab engineer tells El Reg
Public Sector01 Feb 2024 | 114
US cities are going to struggle to green up their act by 2050
Instead of 100% renewables, most will reach around a tenth of that
Public Sector19 Jan 2024 | 53
Stripe commuters swap traffic jams for hydrofoil glam
SF employees set sail on exclusive six-seater sea shuttle – the rest will have to stick to roads
Offbeat18 Jan 2024 | 18
Deep Green gets £200M from power supplier to scale waste heat reuse
Octopus Energy wants to back server-cooling, district heating projects
On-Prem16 Jan 2024 | 17
Road to Removal: A blueprint for yanking billions of tons of CO2 out of our atmosphere
It'll also cost billions, but perhaps a price worth paying?
Science07 Jan 2024 | 156
Japan to test datacenter powered by reused hydrogen fuel cells
The source? Repurposed parts from electric vehicles
On-Prem03 Jan 2024 | 13
Scientists mull Solar Radiation Management – a potential climate-change stop-gap
In-depth As we argue over freeing ourselves from fossil fuels, can SRM buy us time to develop green energy we need?
Science30 Dec 2023 | 243
Shame about those wildfires. We'll just let the fossil fuel giants off the hook, then?
Comment As world heads into 2024, scientists are asked: When will Big Oil face the heat?
Science16 Dec 2023 | 198
Bitcoin's thirst for water is just as troubling as its energy appetite
A single transaction chugs 6.2 million times more than a credit card swipe
Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 42
Virgin Atlantic flies 'world's first fossil-fuel free' transatlantic commercial flight
Sustainable kerosene-alt is hot right now as low-emission aviation takes off
Bootnotes28 Nov 2023 | 40
Intel chips away at carbon footprint but skims over thirst for water, chemicals
Semiconductors are a dirty business
Systems15 Nov 2023 | 3
Now we can blame spacecraft for polluting the atmosphere
'My god, it's full of aerosolized metals!'
Science18 Oct 2023 | 12
Want a clean energy transition? Better start putting cash into electrical grid
Spending needs to double to $600B by 2030 if we want to stay within 2°C warming
Science18 Oct 2023 | 91
British boffins say aircraft could fly on trash, cutting pollution debt by 80%
Domestic jets can use 'municipal solid waste' to fly the friendly skies
Research17 Oct 2023 | 115
Swedish tech biz aims to sail past traffic woes on electric hydrofoils
But P-12's production timeline is fuzzy
Offbeat10 Oct 2023 | 8
You shouldn't be able to buy devices that tamper with diesel truck emissions on eBay, says DoJ
Feds allege tat bazaar turned blind eye to folks buying more than 343k aftermarket defeat devices
Legal28 Sep 2023 | 71
The alternative to stopping climate change is untested carbon capture tech
We could do most of what we need to prevent 1.5°C warming now; reversing it will be nigh impossible
Science27 Sep 2023 | 87
Lithium goldrush hits sleepy Oregon-Nevada border
Deposit in 19-million-year old caldera could dwarf sources in Bolivia, Chile and Australia
Science11 Sep 2023 | 20
IBM sells off cloud business – yes, we mean Weather.com
What better time for private equity to capitalize on changing climate
Science22 Aug 2023 | 14
MIT boffins build battery alternative out of cement, carbon black, water
Imagine your home's foundation was its own energy-storing supercapacitor
Science02 Aug 2023 | 98
Aspiration to deploy new UK nuclear reactor every year a 'wish', not a plan
Notably stretching the target requires 'a credible pathway towards its delivery,' says committee
Offbeat01 Aug 2023 | 263
Infineon to offer recyclable circuit boards that dissolve in water
Phasing out epoxy resin laminate with biodegradable substrate might be costly, though
Systems28 Jul 2023 | 37
Thames Water to datacenters: Cut water use or we will
Utility to consider introducing restrictions
On-Prem27 Jul 2023 | 115
Our AI habit is making us less environmentally friendly, Google admits
Just 6% of the water it consumed last year was replenished, report says
On-Prem25 Jul 2023 | 15
Methane-spotting satellite that gives true readings of industry emissions hits skies in 2024
Potent greenhouse gas even worse for climate than too much carbon dioxide
Science12 Jul 2023 | 28
Fancy tinkering with the atmosphere? The Derecho supercomputer can advise
NCAR's biggish iron will also explore wildfires, drought and solar storms
HPC12 Jul 2023 | 6
Post-Brexit tariffs on cross EU-UK electrical vehicle imports still going ahead
Commission official insists it has to protect itself against US subsidies
Offbeat07 Jul 2023 | 99
NASA to tear the wings off plane in the name of sustainability
They'll be replaced with longer, thinner wings supported by a truss
Science14 Jun 2023 | 97
How do you boost server efficiency? Buy new kit, keep it busy
Increase in efficiency between 2017 and 2019 hardware is 34% for Intel servers, 140% for AMD, claims report
On-Prem09 Jun 2023 | 17
Atlassian says 'Don't #@!% the Planet' so it can keep making money
Which when you think about it, is a pretty good reason to build a sustainable business
Devops24 May 2023 | 9
Boeing takes flight in sustainability battle with carbon data cruncher
Analytics to grok impact of competing greener tech as industry seeks environmentally friendly path
Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week18 May 2023 | 2
TSMC brags of 20TWh solar scheme. Feels a bit like greenwashing to us
A welcome development, but let's not overdo it
Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week22 Apr 2023 | 11
America ain't exactly outlawing gas cars but it's steering hard into EVs
Maybe soon all our friends are electric
Personal Tech12 Apr 2023 | 96
The second dust bowl cometh for America, supercomputer warns
Droughts, flash floods the future for the Midwest ... probably
Science18 Feb 2023 | 90
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