Climate Technology
Climate technology covers products and systems intended to reduce emissions or manage the effects of a changing climate, from energy and storage to industrial processes.
Why It Matters
It is capital-intensive and policy-dependent, which makes subsidy regimes and interest rates as important to it as the technology itself.
Related Terms
- Carbon CaptureCarbon capture is the removal of carbon dioxide from industrial emissions or from the air, followed by its storage or use.
- Materials ScienceMaterials science is the study and design of materials and their properties, and the work of making them manufacturable at scale.
- Fiscal PolicyFiscal policy is a government's use of spending and taxation to influence the economy.
- AI Energy DemandAI energy demand is the electricity required to train and run AI models, concentrated in data centres and drawn continuously rather than in peaks.
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Published reporting filed under the topics behind this concept.
The AI Infrastructure Boom Is Running Into a Local Consent Problem
The next phase of the AI race will depend on more than chips, capital and electricity. As data centres expand into densely populated regions, technology companies must also persuade communities that the infrastructure powering the digital economy belongs where they want to build it.
Google Is Building A $15 Billion AI Power Base In Finland
Its largest European bet, and a 22-year nuclear contract to keep the servers running.
AI Is Rewriting The Venture Capital Playbook
Capital is moving from software that scales cheaply to machines, chips and power that do not.
Elon Musk Says AI Could Surpass Humanity's Combined Intelligence Within Five Years
Machine intelligence passing the human total, with robots and electricity setting the pace.
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