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The global demand for AI is causing a big increase in the use of energy hungry data centres. What more should big tech companies be doing to mitigate their environmental impact?

AI’s dirty secret. The huge global demand for AI is causing a big increase in the use of energy hungry data centres. What more should big tech companies, who are at the forefront of the AI race, be doing to mitigate their environmental impact? This week's Talking Business takes a closer look at the issue of sustainability amid the AI boom. Aaron Heslehurst hears from a senior executive at IBM and the CEO of one of the world’s leading data centre providers.

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