Cities from Phoenix to Melbourne are tired of Big Tech's AI buildout draining their water and spiking power bills.

LONDON, June 23 — Mayors from 40 cities, including London, Phoenix and Melbourne, have agreed to work together to curb the growing strain the rapid growth in data centres is...

Forty mayors from around the world have signed onto a new pact to try to shape how urban data centers are built and operated.

From Phoenix to Melbourne, a global coalition of city leaders says the AI data centre boom is draining their power, water and land — and they are done waiting.

Da Phoenix a Melbourne, una coalizione globale di sindaci denuncia che il boom dei data center per l’IA prosciuga energia, acqua e suolo. E non intende più aspettare.

Athens Mayor Haris Doukas has joined 40 mayors from around the world in signing a pact to try to shape how urban data centers are built and operated.

About half of participating mayors are from the U.S.

Cities from Phoenix to Melbourne are tired of Big Tech's AI buildout draining their water and spiking power bills.