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Image generated using Microsoft Copilot to show hi-tech data centre in foreground, by low-water river; cityscape in background; left half of industrial landscape looks barren and polluted, right is green and healthy.

September 28, 2026 Jim McClelland

Be honest, do we even want AI to be sustainable?

Opinion: With AI on the lips of everyone from King Charles to Erin Brockovich, Jim McClelland roots for sustainability in a data centre boom.

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Multi-storey commercial building exterior, showing both Fortum and Microsoft logos.

March 22, 2022 Jim McClelland

Recycling waste heat from data centres in Helsinki

News: New clean-energy data centre region in Finland plans for recycling waste heat into existing 900km district network with 250,000 users.

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Mapping portal view from New Zealand of Dunedin CBD, showing the amount of heating and/or cooling available from wastewater outside the Dunedin railway station.

February 10, 2022 Jim McClelland

Putting wastewater heat recycling on the map

News: Global mapping portal for wastewater heat recycling will help stop every city on the planet flushing thermal energy down the drain.

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