IEA Chief voiced strong support for the “35 by 35 initiative,” a core pledge led by Türkiye’s COP31 Presidency Global electricity demand is growing three times faster than overall energy consumption, signaling a fundamental shift into a new era for the world energy system, according […]

This week’s stories are about tech, AI and sustainability, coming from the EU and Taiwan Taiwan science parks post record $111 billion revenue Taiwan’s three major science parks generated a combined NT$3.54 trillion ($111.1 billion) in revenue in the first half of the year, a […]

Solar power accounted for 5.16 billion kWh, while wind energy contributed 4.74 billion kWh Turkey generated a record 9.9 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity from solar and wind power in August, according to the Energy and Natural Resources Ministry. Solar power accounted for 5.16 billion kWh, […]

This week’s stories are about tech, AI and sustainability, coming from Germany, Netherlands and the UK 5 million robots operate in factories worldwide The number of robots operating in factories worldwide rose 9% to 5 million, more than double the total recorded seven years earlier, […]

This week’s stories are about tech, AI and sustainability, coming from the UK, the USA and the UAE UAE: Data centers matter more than bridges The United Arab Emirates (UAE) plans to revise its data center regulations and stop publicly promoting the locations of such […]

This week’s stories are about tech, AI and sustainability, coming from Korea and the USA AI data centers raise concerns over water consumption The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) is raising concerns about the amount of water used by data centers. Experts say data […]

This week’s stories are about tech, AI and sustainability, coming from the EU, Korea and the USA Pope Leo warns AI could become a new form of economic colonialism Pope Leo XIV warned that artificial intelligence (AI) could deepen technological dependence between wealthy and poorer […]

This week’s stories are about tech, sustainability and AI, coming from Japan, Taiwan, the Netherlands and South Africa Sony, TSMC to form $5 billion image sensor JV Sony’s semiconductor unit and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. have signed a binding agreement to establish a $4.7 billion […]

This week’s stories are about tech, AI and sustainability, coming from the EU and the USA Europe launches €30B AI data center investment program The European Union officially launched a funding initiative to support the construction of seven large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) data centers across […]

This week’s stories are about tech, sustainability and AI, coming from the EU and the USA Chipmaking equipment drives majority of semiconductor plant costs The soaring cost of building semiconductor manufacturing plants is being driven less by construction and more by the sophisticated equipment required […]