The drive toward a digital economy comes at an environmental cost, the United Nations warned Wednesday, with big data centers consuming vast amounts of water and energy.
While digitalization fuels global economic growth, its environmental repercussions are becoming "increasingly severe," the U.N. trade and development agency UNCTAD said in a report.
The agency called for sustainable strategies to counter the growing environmental toll, particularly in developing countries.
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