Anne Alexander
@aiarmsracebook.bsky.social
Author, journalist and researcher. My current writing project explores the political economy of the AI arms race. https://substack.com/@theaiarmsrace
Should we count AI infrastructure as heavy industry? A new post provides some background to the story published with @leanahosea.bsky.social in @theguardian.com on 17 December theaiarmsrace.substack.com/p/data-centr...
January 5, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Should we count AI infrastructure as heavy industry? A new post provides some background to the story published with @leanahosea.bsky.social in @theguardian.com on 17 December theaiarmsrace.substack.com/p/data-centr...
Reposted by Anne Alexander
The UK’s largest planned data centre—a project by US firm QTS—is understating its true water consumption by a factor of 50, says new analysis by @watershed-i.bsky.social & @aiarmsracebook.bsky.social @digiconomist.bsky.social No mistake; AI is a heavy, polluting industry. shorturl.at/KXQxJ
UK’s largest proposed datacentre ‘understating planned water use’
Analysis suggests consumption at Northumberland site could be 50 times higher than US operator QTS estimates
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The UK’s largest planned data centre—a project by US firm QTS—is understating its true water consumption by a factor of 50, says new analysis by @watershed-i.bsky.social & @aiarmsracebook.bsky.social @digiconomist.bsky.social No mistake; AI is a heavy, polluting industry. shorturl.at/KXQxJ