HK data centres have among world’s worst energy carbon footprints: UN study
A new UN study has named Hong Kong’s data centres as some of the most carbon-intensive in the world, blaming the city’s heavy dependence on a fossil-fuel-powered energy grid. A government data centre in Cheung Sha Wan. Photo: Googlemaps. The report, titled “Environmental Cost of AI’s Energy Use,” examined the global carbon, land and water…