Energy ravenous AI data centres are set to become a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 as the number of server farms needed to run the artificial intelligence services is set to expand exponentially over the next two and half decades, according to Morgan Stanley. A surge in data centre construction is expected to generate approximately 2.5bn tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions globally by the end of the decade, the investment bank said in a report. That is roughly equivalent to the amount of CO₂ global forests absorb each year. This increase is driven by the rapid expansion …