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AI datacentres pose growing threat to electricity systems worldwide

Use of data-intensive technologies – in particular artificial intelligence (AI) data centres – is growing faster than electricity infrastructure can handle, the UN's economic commission for Europe has warned, raising concerns about the future reliability and resilience of energy systems worldwide.

AI datacentres pose growing threat to electricity systems worldwide

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