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Huge AI data center project blindsides water-stressed town in Brazil. Illustration by Giovana Abreu/Intercept Brasil.

Huge AI data center project blindsides water-stressed town in Brazil

Naira Hofmeister 10 Sep 2026
Brazil’s unique data center boom rides on clean power despite social burden

Brazil’s unique data center boom rides on clean power despite social burden

Laís Martins, Naira Hofmeister, Francisco Amorim 24 Aug 2026
Wind energy surplus fuels unregulated data centers in Brazil's dry land

Wind energy surplus fuels unregulated data centers in Brazil’s dry land

Laís Martins 24 Aug 2026

How can Indigenous knowledge reshape AI development?

Mongabay.com 30 Jul 2026
Grist / Getty Images / Dionne Phillips.

Indigenous advocates push for rights protections around AI data centers

Aimee Gabay 16 Jul 2026

In AI race, Indigenous values could guide environmental issues, researchers suggest

Shradha Triveni 7 Jul 2026
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station.

Rush to put AI data centers in space poses poorly understood dangers

Sean Mowbray 11 Mar 2026
The construction site of Bridge Data Centre's 0.2 GW QHI01 data center in Khlong Tamru subdistrict, Chonburi province, Thailand. Photo by Andy Ball/Mongabay.

Thai data center boom sparks fears of water shortage, air pollution

Gerald Flynn 11 Mar 2026
Producing an AI chip requires 10-15 times more energy than making a standard chip.

AI data center revolution sucks up world’s energy, water, materials

Gerry McGovern, Sue Branford 14 Nov 2025
Digital screens in New York's Times Square.

The Cloud vs. drought: Water hog data centers threaten Latin America, critics say

Gerry McGovern, Sue Branford 2 Nov 2023

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