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Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/21/not-enough-water-for-uks-datacentre-plans-trade-body-says?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
> Industry says government’s failure to address cooling demands means AI growth plans are ‘fatally flawed’

12 views Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/21/not-enough-water-for-uks-datacentre-plans-trade-body-says?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other > Industry says government’s failure to address cooling demands means AI growth plans are ‘fatally flawed’

Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/06/lanarkshire-scotland-ai-datacentre-project-renewable-energy?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
> Exclusive: Government and developers privately acknowledged Lanarkshire datacentre site had power provision ‘issue’
Oh look, more lies. My students could easily have told them

7 views Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/06/lanarkshire-scotland-ai-datacentre-project-renewable-energy?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other > Exclusive: Government and developers privately acknowledged Lanarkshire datacentre site had power provision ‘issue’ Oh look, more lies. My students could easily have told them

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🔥 Top post Oh gods, my students have started asking chatbots to make graphs for them. This coursework has plots that (a) don't show anything, but (b) still manage to be wrong. Which is kinda impressive. #academicchatter ★ 381

5-year fixed term appointment with some excellent colleagues in Orkney, on fishing gear and oyster habitat: https://enzj.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX/job/4948/?utm_medium=jobshare&utm_source=External+Job+Sha… ★ 2 RE: https://mas.to/@RichardJMurphy/116957227615674151 It's not a bad start - it's quick, albeit expensive, and the government has to show results. VAT should be eliminated from commercial electricity used for public EV charging too. But we… ★ 2

Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/21/not-enough-water-for-uks-datacentre-plans-trade-body-says?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other > Industry says government’s failure to ad… ★ 12

Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/06/lanarkshire-scotland-ai-datacentre-project-renewable-energy?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other > Exclusive: Gov… ★ 7 RE: https://mapstodon.space/@ianturton/116844392507218220 "The prevalence of depressive symptoms [in ECRs] was approximately two to three times higher and anxiety symptoms three to five times higher than in age-matched general-population s… ★ 5 Good news! Three new Scottish pumped storage projects to proceed, alongside other energy storage systems across Britain. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/26/first-hydropower-projects-in-great-britain-in-40-years-given-go-ah… ★ 53 Today my #MusicToMarkBy is Linkin Park. What do others choose? #AcademicChatter (#MusicToGradeBy for Americans) ★ 1 A hint for anybody applying for scholarships : DON'T SUBMIT SOMETHING WRITTEN BY A CHATBOT. I'm trying to evaluate applications, but they all say the same thing (mostly cribbed from my own programme web page) using the same ChatGPT phrasin… ★ 3 Any Fedi folk going to #EIMR2026 this week? RE: https://horche.demkontinuum.de/display/2196d4ee-7669-dbc1-1f9e-200464952498 Huh. Accidental geoengineering? I don't have time to read in detail, but this seems (a) potentially handy locally (unless you are invested in reliable solar an… ★ 12 "Air freight is for urgent consignments" Japan: Hold my beer. *sets up high speed freight train* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju9rb5kw6wo (actually this is a return to railfreight from road because of a shortage of truck drivers; the hi… ★ 8

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👁️Averages 44 views per post.

📤Posts about 0.7× per week.

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Teaching & research on renewable energy with Heriot-Watt University, #Orkney. #UCU member. #Energy, #oceanography, & #academia, all in personal capacity. Born at 334ppm. (he/him)

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