How data centers work and why AI is driving their growth

Okay, so this one isn't an ad per se, but with so many of us groping in the dark for explanations as to what artificial intelligence (AI) is, how it's already playing a huge role in everyday life, an easily understood breakdown of this area has to be helpful. The outfit behind it is established news media wire, Associated Press (AP). Be it utility, creativity, or mere wastefulness, the agendas behind AI continue to evolve at breakneck speed. Finally, questions are arising around the actual utility or creativity of technological 'advances' which could irrevocably distort the human experience and ultimately destroy it. Climate change, water wars, surveillance,and our own addiction to convenience are all part of the backdrop to the new wave of resource-greedy data centres springing up like unappealing mushrooms all over our nations. Watch AP's informative animation for the shocking figures.

Keywords: AP data centers breakdown 2025, data centre resources, AI and data centres