Artificial Intelligence

Energy use concerns dampen businesses’ interest in AI for sustainability

71% of firms believe AI's substantial energy consumption may outweigh its benefits for sustainability.

Melodie Michel

11 March 2025

CSO

Tech Mahindra Chief Sustainability Officer Sandeep Chandna on green data centres and IT eco-design

"Business as usual is not working now: there has to be improvements and eco-efficiency."

Melodie Michel

18 February 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Salesforce unveils AI energy efficiency benchmarking platform

The AI Energy Score includes a leaderboard rating the energy efficiency of top tasks.

Melodie Michel

10 February 2025

Data Centre Emissions

Data centres could consume 12% of US electricity within 4 years

This rapid growth is raising questions around emissions.

Melodie Michel

07 January 2025

Data and Technology

Tech giants urge transparency from data centre vendors amid AI-driven emissions rise

Embodied emissions from manufacturing and construction are estimated to make up 6.6% of data centres' Scope 3 footprint.

Melodie Michel

17 July 2024

Operations & Finance

BT to offer low-carbon internet to business clients from January

The company is redesigning its networks after conducting more granular emissions baselining.

Melodie Michel

20 October 2023

Operations & Finance

Cloud providers’ net zero claims are not enough: here is why companies should act to reduce their cloud emissions

Cloud emissions are notoriously opaque, but it is everyone's responsibility to reduce them.

Melodie Michel

06 October 2023