Letters: Put citizens ahead of data centres when it comes to water and power

PremiumLetters to the EditorLettersNZ Herald17 Jun, 2026 05:00 PM5 mins to readChris Hipkins said party members got "more engagement with people" at Fieldays "by getting out and about and walking around”. UN’s timely warning on the impacts of AI

Amanda Turnbull-McRae’s column on the United Nations’ warning of the environmental consequences of AI’s voracious demand for power and water is very timely. The real financial costs of allocating all that power and water to data centres will be borne by all