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Thirsty data centres boom in drought-hit Mexico

Thirsty data centres boom in drought-hit Mexico 59 minutes ago Share Save Suzanne Bearne Technology Reporter, Querétaro, Mexico Share Save Arterra/Getty Images Querétaro is known for its impressive stone aqueduct Located in the middle of Mexico, Querétaro is a charming and colourful colonial-style city known for its dazzling stone aqueduct. But the city, and state of the same name, is also recognised for a very different reason - as Mexico's data centre capital. Across the state companies inc

Data centres to be expanded across UK as concerns mount

Data centres to be expanded across UK as concerns mount 57 minutes ago Share Save Zoe Kleinman & Krystina Shveda • @zsk Technology editor & BBC reporter Share Save Getty Images Data centres, like this one Google is building in Hertfordshire, are becoming a more familiar sight across the UK. The number of data centres in the UK is set to increase by almost a fifth, according to figures shared with BBC News. Data centres are giant warehouses full of powerful computers used to run digital servic

Meta to spend hundreds of billions to build AI data centres

Meta to spend hundreds of billions to build AI data centres The company, which has made most of its money from online advertising, generated more than $160bn in revenue in 2024. Meta has invested heavily in efforts to develop what it called "superintelligence" - technology that it said could out-think the smartest humans. He said one of the sites would cover an area nearly the size of Manhattan (59.1 sq km/22.8 sq miles). The first multi-gigawatt data centre, called Prometheus, is expected t

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