Skip to content

Topic · Themes

Energy and climate: all our articles

All 15 Alyriaz articles on the “Energy and climate” topic: news, analysis and explainers, newest first. To stay up to date, you can get an alert as soon as a new article on this topic is published.

Filter in the library

  1. · Society

    Data centres in France: the misleading figure

    18 gigawatts reserved for data centres in France, three times more than in 2024. But that figure doesn't say what you think it does. The key things to know.
  2. · Society

    In France, AIs keep watch for forest fires

    In the Dordogne, the Gironde and the Côte-d'Or, AI-equipped cameras spot the outbreak of fires within moments. And a human always confirms.
  3. · Society

    A nanolaser that could halve the energy consumption of chips

    Researchers have developed a nanometre-scale laser that could allow chips to communicate using light, with consumption potentially halved. We look at where this research stands and its realistic timeline.
  4. · Society

    The county with 250 data centres: funded schools, and a growing anger

    Loudoun County, Virginia, is home to around 250 data centres. Their tax revenues have funded schools and lowered taxes, while residents' anger is growing. We examine a case that complicates both narratives.
  5. · Society

    Data centres to pay for their grid connections: a vote of 417 to 3

    A text passed almost unanimously requires large data-centre consumers to pay for the grid upgrades they cause, rather than passing them on to household bills. We analyse what it means.
  6. · Society

    Google locks down nuclear power in Finland for its data centres

    Google secures nuclear capacity in Finland to power its data centres. We analyse what this kind of deal changes, for better and for worse, for the collective energy trajectory.
  7. · Society

    Data centers are leaving the power grid

    Faced with grid connection constraints and local opposition, data centers are investing heavily in their own electricity generation. We analyse this shift and its environmental and democratic consequences.
  8. · Society

    SpaceX and Nvidia move from words to action: a computing system designed for orbit

    SpaceX and Nvidia are said to have designed a space-grade version of the Vera Rubin NVL72 system, slated for an orbital launch by the end of the year. We look at what this move confirms and what it leaves unresolved.
  9. · Society

    Pennsylvania blocks data centers without local agreement: reality keeps pushing back

    The governor of Pennsylvania has signed an executive order making local approval mandatory for the siting of AI data centres. We analyse what this move reveals about the physical and political limits of the infrastructure race.
  10. · Society

    AI and climate: beyond data centres, what it actually enables

    The debate on AI and climate often narrows to data centre consumption. We look at the other side of the ledger, the uses that genuinely cut emissions, and why the balance remains impossible to strike today.
  11. · Society

    AI in the fields: the sector where it advances without anyone talking about it

    Agriculture is one of the sectors where AI delivers concrete, measurable results, far from the media coverage. We take a look at the uses that work, their environmental benefits, and the dependencies they create.
  12. · Society

    $15 billion data center project blocked by water supply issue

    A $15 billion data centre project in India is facing local opposition over water and biodiversity concerns. We examine what this deadlock reveals about the physical limits of the AI infrastructure race.
  13. · Vision

    Data centers in space: brilliant idea or reckless leap forward?

    Starcloud has run a GPU in orbit, Google is preparing Project Suncatcher for 2027, and SpaceX has filed for a million computing satellites. We're seriously examining the technical and environmental arguments, including the cooling problem no one mentions.
  14. · Society

    The real raw material of AI isn't data. It's electricity and silicon.

    Anthropic has just signed a $19 billion data centre lease, Meta is training a model on nearly a million chips. Behind the apparent immateriality of AI lies a very concrete industrial battle for compute, energy and silicon. We break down this race, its stakes, and why it is redrawing the map of technological power.
  15. · Society

    The hidden footprint of AI: how much water and electricity does ChatGPT really consume?

    While everyone talks about models and benchmarks, a question is building pressure in local communities and scientific reports: how much water and electricity does AI really consume? The figures, when looked at without complacency, are dizzying. And the bill is starting to be paid by everyone.

Other topics in “Themes”

All the other topics

Every article, month by month →