From the Vatican and Zurich to Singapore and New Zealand, this issue explores how AI governance is being tested across infrastructure, aging and elderly care, and growing market pressure.
Great article! Though I believe comparing data centre growth against essential infrastructure like hospitals creates a false dichotomy, particularly with the emergence of microgrids that can generate and store electricity locally. Data centres are/can be required to install additional generation capacity, particularly renewable sources like solar, and co-locate these with battery storage systems (see examples in Dublin, Microsoft in San Jose, Verrus' work). Their growth can also be used as fuel for local authorities to demand further investments from data centre developers (e.g. using waste heat for other purposes like heat district networks)
Great article! Though I believe comparing data centre growth against essential infrastructure like hospitals creates a false dichotomy, particularly with the emergence of microgrids that can generate and store electricity locally. Data centres are/can be required to install additional generation capacity, particularly renewable sources like solar, and co-locate these with battery storage systems (see examples in Dublin, Microsoft in San Jose, Verrus' work). Their growth can also be used as fuel for local authorities to demand further investments from data centre developers (e.g. using waste heat for other purposes like heat district networks)
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I too am trying to think through these puzzles and wanted to share.
Thank you for sharing! I quoted you in my latest article :)