United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health

AI infrastructure expansion: energy, grid, and resource use

33 clusters · 286 sources · last updated about 6 hours ago

Latest: AI data centers drive massive energy and water demand

AI-driven workloads continue to drive a rapid expansion of data-center capacity, fueling an “energy supercycle” characterized by sustained investment in power generation, transmission, and storage. Global electricity con

AI-generated misinformation during emergencies

3 clusters · 10 sources · last updated about 1 month ago

Latest: Ontario wildfires trigger transboundary smoke and AI misinformation crisis

Generative artificial intelligence is increasingly being used to create hyper-realistic synthetic media, such as images and videos, that spread rapidly on social media platforms. This misinformation often surfaces during