Google’s Neighbors: How Uruguay Approved the Largest Data Center in Its History
The environmental case files for Google’s data center were approved despite the fact that its generators emit nitrogen dioxide at 17 times the legal limit—even though technology exists that can reduce...
Anger mounts over environmental cost of Google datacentre in Uruguay
Protesters say recently approved tax-free datacentre will ‘provide nothing except toxic waste and greenhouse gases’
What India’s Forest Rights Act Can Teach Us About Data Centers
As India courts hyperscale data center investments, the Forest Rights Act offers lessons in protecting communities’ land, writes Vaishnavi Patil.
Amazon’s Hidden Data Centers in India and Beyond | The Climate Watch
Tech giant Amazon has twice as many data centers worldwide, including in India, as previously reported.
Water shortages spark protests over data centres on Indonesia's Batam
Batam residents protest water shortages as data centre expansion raises resource concerns.
DIGITAL DREAMS, PARCHED REALITY: The hidden cost of Bangladesh's data industry gold rush | The Climate Watch
On the outskirts of Gazipur, north of Dhaka, bulldozers roar across the sprawling landscape of the Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park – Bangladesh’s flagship technology
How data centres are draining water and energy from the Global South
The story started in Georgia, US—not with a law being broken in some faraway place, but with residents noticing something wrong in their own homes: the water pressure kept dropping unusually.
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