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Google Kicks off $20 Billion Renewable Energy Building Spree to Power AI
As tech companies like Google rush to bolster their AI capabilities, they’ve embarked on a building spree so vast that experts expect new AI data centers might be underpowered by 2027.
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- Energy
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- Global
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World Bank Board Approves $47.7 Million to Improve the Public Sector in the First Result-Based Financing Program
The PAMP PforR aims to monitor progress in optimizing public revenue and financial reporting.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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International Pathogen Surveillance Network Announces First Recipients of Grants to Better Understand Disease Threats
The catalytic grant fund was established by the International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN) to support partners from low- and middle-income countries to build their capacities in pathogen genomic analysis.
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- Health Care, Investing, Technology
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- Global
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You Can’t Have Global Standards Without the Global South: Why Emerging Markets Must Lead the Way in Driving Impact Reporting Transparency
In recent years, global standard-setting bodies have released widely adopted impact reporting standards, designed to ensure that companies disclose sustainability- and climate-related information alongside their financial statements. Though these standards are a huge step forward for global impact transparency, Ibukun Awosika argues that they reveal a troubling power dynamic between developed and emerging markets. She explores how key voices in the Global South were left out of the process of developing these standards, and proposes two changes that can ensure a greater role for them going forward.
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- Environment, Investing
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Teraco to Build JB7, a Vast New Data Centre for AI Workloads in South Africa
The new syndicated loan facility has been arranged through Absa — long a financial backer of Teraco — and other financial institutions, with the money to be used to finance JB7 and other construction projects.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- artificial intelligence, data, scale
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Hong Kong-Based West Data Group Breaks Ground on 20MW Bitcoin Mining Facility in Ethiopia
Bitcoin mining is an energy-intensive process, which makes countries with abundant, affordable electricity eye-watering prospects for investors.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How AI Is Driving Data Centre Growth in India
As AI continues to scale, data centers will need to adapt quickly to handle the increasing complexity of AI workloads while balancing energy use and environmental impact.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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VCI Global Secures $30 Million Investment for AI Data Center in Malaysia
Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, VCI Global operates five core businesses in fintech, consultancy, real estate, AI & robotics, and cybersecurity.
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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