Plastic Bottles And Caps Most Found Items On Beaches, Survey Finds

Discarded plastic bottles and caps are the most found litter on beaches and waterways worldwide, according to a new survey.

Europe Can’t Recreate Silicon Valley. Here’s What It Can Build Instead

As AI and cloud reshape critical industries, Europe faces a strategic choice: replicate U.S. tech dominance or build resilience and leverage around it.

Iran Condemns War While IRGC Devastates Natural Habitats For Profit

Iran condemns wartime environmental damage while the IRGC builds military infrastructure and advances lucrative megaprojects in protected areas.

OpenAI confirms its data centre chief left as it pivots to leasing
OpenAI confirms its data centre chief left as it pivots to leasing

OpenAI has confirmed that the executive running its data centre buildout has left, and it has already broken up the job he was doing. Chris Malone, its head of data centers, is no longer with the company, an OpenAI spokesperson told Dina Bass at Bloomb…

Emerald AI raises $150mn at a $1.05bn valuation to flex data centre power
Emerald AI raises $150mn at a $1.05bn valuation to flex data centre power

A two-year-old company is now worth $1.05bn. It writes software that makes data centres use less electricity on demand. Emerald AI raised $150mn in an oversubscribed Series A, the company announced on Tuesday. Energize Capital and DCVC co-led it, and t…

Record-Breaking Ocean Temperatures Recorded For Month Of August

The record for the average sea surface temperature for the oceans around the world for the month of August was broken on Saturday (22 August).

UK digital infrastructure investment hit £11.2bn in 2025
UK digital infrastructure investment hit £11.2bn in 2025

Britain’s businesses put £11.2bn into digital infrastructure last year, roughly three times what the official measure had been reporting. The jump in UK digital infrastructure investment did not come from a building spree. Almost none of the difference…

Southeast Asia is planning four times the data centre capacity it runs
Southeast Asia is planning four times the data centre capacity it runs

Southeast Asia has 306 data centres running and 173 more in the pipeline, according to figures published on Tuesday. The capacity being planned is nearly four times what is already operating. Southeast Asia data centre investment will rise from $15.72b…

Trump says refusing a data centre is a mistake. Abbott disagrees
Trump says refusing a data centre is a mistake. Abbott disagrees

Texas governor Greg Abbott says data centre companies brought the backlash on themselves. “They basically dug their own grave for the problem that’s been caused for them,” he told ABC’s Jonathan Karl on Sunday. “And that’s why they got the backlash the…

SpaceX is hiring a natural gas trader for its rockets and chips
SpaceX is hiring a natural gas trader for its rockets and chips

SpaceX is hiring a natural gas trader. The company wants someone to build and lead a trading team for its own fuel and power needs, according to Bloomberg. Julian Hast, who covers US gas markets from Houston, spotted the job on Friday. The role “focuse…