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It's great to see two of our reporters, @lukewbarratt.bsky.social and @atikarehman.bsky.social, named as winners of a @coveringclimatenow.org award. We worked with @earthjournalism.bsky.social and journalists across Asia to investigate the environmental impact of a massive increase in data centres.

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We published two stories as part of this project. The first used leaked internal data from Amazon Web Services to reveal that the company is using twice as many data centres worldwide as previously thought. www.source-material.org/amazon-data-...

source-material.orgAmazon has twice as many data centres worldwide as previously reportedAmazon uses far more data centres across the globe—and has a bigger impact on the environment—than previously reported, leaked data reveals.

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The second investigated the impact of some of those hidden data centres in Mumbai, where the increased power demands of new data centres has prompted the local government to cancel the closures of two highly polluting coal power plants. www.source-material.org/amazon-data-...

source-material.orgLeak reveals Amazon’s hidden data centres' impact on emissionsSoaring electricity demand in Mumbai, where Amazon has 16 data centres, has led to crumbling coal power stations being kept open.