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World leaders are wrestling with AI's energy footprint as Climate Week kicks off in New York

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A new report found ocean acidification crossed its limit in 2025, as world leaders in New York wrestle with AI data centers' growing energy and water demands

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  1. KOB 4

    World leaders in New York to grapple with climate. Fuel prices, AI and disasters complicate things (opens KOB 4)

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    World and business leaders this week will grapple with the urgent costs of climate change. Experts say the rise of artificial intelligence and data centers, which consume a lot of energy, and higher fossil fuel prices due to wars in Iran, Venezuela and Ukraine are changing the conversation as the Un…

  2. Quartz

    World leaders are wrestling with AI's energy footprint as Climate Week kicks off in New York (opens Quartz)

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    A new report found ocean acidification crossed its limit in 2025, as world leaders in New York wrestle with AI data centers' growing energy and water demands

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