The A.I. Data Center Backlash Has Reached a Quiet Corner of Rural England

Par : Stephen Castle — 20 octobre 2026 à 13:06

Plans to build one of Europe’s largest data centers in Devon have been met by strong opposition from residents, as environmental concerns grow.

Daisy Snow, right, Ann Shuttleworth, left, and others protesting the proposed data center in Bideford, England, last month.

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As Japan’s Population Shrinks, a City Is Accused of Padding Census Numbers

Par : Hisako Ueno and Tiffany May — 6 octobre 2026 à 06:01

The police are investigating how about 3,000 nonexistent residents were added to official data for Toyama.

The city of Toyama in 2024.

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As A.I. Panic Grows, Javier Milei Is Pitching Argentina As a Rules-Free Haven

Par : Emma Bubola and Daniel Politi — 29 septembre 2026 à 18:17

Mr. Milei wants to go all in on artificial intelligence even as other leaders struggle to get a handle on a technology many fear poses existential threats.

President Javier Milei at the United Nations last week where he asserted Argentina’s “commitment to not preemptively regulate A.I.”

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A Spirited Battle Over Data Centers

Par : David Gelles — 24 septembre 2026 à 21:14

At the Climate Forward live event, policymakers, executives and activists debated the boom in data centers, the growing backlash and its environmental effects.

Reporter David Gelles in conversation with Energy Secretary Chris Wright at the Climate Forward event on Wednesday.

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The A.I.-Robotics Job Only a Human Can Do

Par : Shawn Paik and Anindito Mukherjee — 20 août 2026 à 15:19

In India, some people are strapping cameras to their bodies to collect data on how humans move and train A.I.

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The Indian City Where AI Is Creating Jobs for Humans

Par : Jeremy W. Peters， Hari Kumar and Anindito Mukherjee — 20 août 2026 à 14:03

In the fast-growing field of data annotation, workers in a small city in south India train A.I. to improve how it performs tasks traditionally done by people.

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China Wants Its Data to Power the World’s A.I.

Par : David Pierson and Berry Wang — 17 août 2026 à 13:10

China is exporting more than A.I. models. It wants its data to influence the world’s chatbots, raising fears that Beijing’s narratives will spread with the technology.

A Google booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai last month. China wants a greater voice in the development of A.I. chatbots.

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Birds Are Dying. Clues Point to El Niño.

Par : Catrin Einhorn — 6 août 2026 à 20:40

A die-off of seabirds has some experts thinking an El Niño weather pattern is to blame, a look at data centers and pollution, and more climate news.

Seabird carcasses in Ecuador.

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How China’s A.I. Is Surging Across Africa

Par : Paul Mozur， Adam Satariano and Aaron Krolik — 5 août 2026 à 16:12

In African tech hubs, developers are picking China’s cheap, freely available artificial intelligence models over more powerful U.S. ones.

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How China Keeps Tabs on Foreigners

Par : Lily Kuo and Pei-Lin Wu — 2 août 2026 à 06:03

An unsecured police dashboard was a rare window into how the authorities track foreigners by collecting and aggregating vast amounts of private data.

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The Race for A.I. Data Centers Arrives in India

Par : Mujib Mashal， Sutton Raphael and June Kim — 16 juillet 2026 à 12:24

India is developing new data centers to secure a foothold in the global A.I. race. Our South Asia bureau chief, Mujib Mashal, discusses how a new Google campus’s potential use of the region’s already strained energy and water resources is creating anxiety among local residents.

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India Is Moving Fast to Build A.I. Data Centers. A Coastal City May Pay the Price.

Par : Mujib Mashal and Hari Kumar — 16 juillet 2026 à 07:24

With India lagging in the technology, officials are embracing giant data centers. But critics say the megaprojects will use up energy and water, without providing long-term jobs.

The port city of Visakhapatnam in the state of Andhra Pradesh is rapidly transforming into India’s coastal gateway for global tech infrastructure, fueled by massive A.I. data centers.

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Australia to Put Environmental Brakes on A.I. Data Centers

Par : Victoria Kim and Laura Chung — 16 juillet 2026 à 10:08

The country will also seek to protect the rights of creators of work used to train artificial intelligence models, as it aims to impose parameters on the growing industry.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the new data center requirements at the University of Sydney on Wednesday.

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Elon Musk’s Next Move May Be a Mega-Merger of SpaceX and Tesla

Par : Jack Ewing and Ryan Mac — 18 juin 2026 à 02:56

Some shareholders might object, but there is little they could do, legal experts say.

Tesla has sold car and batteries to SpaceX, and the two companies are jointly working on chips and software.