Hong Kong data centres outpace global average for carbon footprint: UN study

Hong Kong ranks among the world’s largest data centre hubs but has a carbon footprint exceeding the global average, according to a global think tank study, which calls for a responsible strategy to tackle the “unintended impacts” of using artificial intelligence (AI). The June report by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health also quantified not only carbon but water and land footprints of electricity arising from the use of AI. The report is a call for using...

By Theodora Yu,Ng Kang-chung

The $100,000 visa fee isn't stopping OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia as they battle for AI talent

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Getty Images Federal data shows that Anthropic, OpenAI, and Nvidia are ramping up their use of foreign talent. All three companies filed more H-1B visa applications in Q2 2026 than they did a year earlier. The increase bucks a broader slowdown in H-1B visa filings across parts of the tech industry. The biggest names in AI are expanding their search for workers abroad as the talent war gets tougher. Federal data ...

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Science minister discusses physical AI cooperation with Nvidia chief

Science Minister Bae Kyung-hoon met with Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jensen Huang in Seoul on Monday and discussed various areas of cooperation, including ways to nurture the local physical artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem. The meeting took place during Huang's visit to South Korea, during which he met with executives from South Korea's major conglomerates in the AI supply chain, as well as researchers and representatives of startups in the sector. Bae said South Korea could

By The Korea Herald

Nvidia CEO says company is working with LG on humanoid robots and data centers

Hong Kong data centres have among world’s worst energy carbon footprints – UN study

A new UN study has named Hong Kong’s data centres as some of the most carbon-intensive in the world, blaming the city’s heavy dependence on a fossil-fuel-powered energy grid. The report, titled “Environmental Cost of AI’s Energy Use,” examined the global carbon, land and water impacts of the infrastructure powering AI, saying that by 2030, […]

By Tom Grundy

Nvidia strikes deals with South Korean giants to advance AI boom

Chip giant Nvidia on Monday announced a series of deals ⁠in South Korea with major tech companies, including SK Hynix and Naver, ⁠as it looks to secure crucial memory chips to powe...