Topic: water scarcity
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Liquid Clay: The Norwegian Tech Transforming Deserts Into Farmland
The relentless march of desertification and growing global water scarcity present one of the most pressing challenges of our time. A specialized spray developed by the Norwegian cleantech company Desert Control offers a radically fast solution. Its patented Liquid Natural Clay (LNC) restores fertility to sandy soil in a matter of hours, with successful validation in the UAE.
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TCS Partners With TPG to Fund $2 Billion AI Data Center
TCS and TPG are partnering to invest $2 billion in HyperVault, a network of AI data centers, addressing India's gap between AI computing demand and infrastructure. India generates 20% of global data but has only 3% of data center capacity, prompting major investments from tech firms to support AI...
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VA Tech Scientists Innovate a More Efficient Fog Harp
Scientists developed an enhanced fog harp design that improves water collection efficiency in arid regions by minimizing clogging while maximizing capture. The design replaces traditional mesh with vertical wires, mimicking natural structures like redwood trees to optimize droplet capture and dra...
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Restoring Sight and Bridging the Digital Divide
OpenAI has launched Prism, a free AI-powered text editor that integrates a large language model to help researchers draft and structure academic papers more efficiently. Nobel laureate Omar Yaghi's work on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is enabling a new technology to capture atmospheric water v...
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The Best US Locations for New Data Centers
Strategic data center placement is critical for balancing economic growth with environmental sustainability, as location significantly affects energy and water usage. A study warns that current corporate net-zero pledges may conflict with the high energy and water demands of AI-driven data center...
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India's 2047 Tax-Free Offer to Attract Global AI
India has introduced a major tax exemption for foreign cloud service providers on revenues from services sold outside the country, provided the workloads are processed in Indian data centers, as a strategic move to attract global AI investment until 2047. The policy coincides with massive planned...
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AI's Impact on Jobs, Security, and Prosperity: The Debrief
Young people are increasingly anxious about AI's impact on their future, particularly regarding job displacement, as tech leaders predict significant losses in white-collar roles. The rapid expansion of AI infrastructure is exacerbating environmental issues, with data centers consuming massive am...
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