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  "id": 5189865,
  "title": "Tech bosses press G20 to build data centres, but split on risk",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/tech-bosses-press-g20-to-build-data-centres-but-split-on-risk-5189865",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T22:01:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
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    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2026/09/03/tech-bosses-press-g20-to-build-data-centres-but-split-on-risk"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Tech leaders, including Nvidia chief Jensen Huang and OpenAI's Sam Altman, urged G20 ministers to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) and construct the necessary data centres to support it. Speaking at the second day of a G20 meeting in North Carolina, Huang emphasized that AI is akin to essential infrastructure such as water, roads, electricity, and the internet, and every country must build it to support their local economies. Nvidia's data centres host the graphics processing units critical for AI model training. Despite opposition to data centres in the US due to concerns over electricity rates, Huang dismissed fears that AI would eliminate jobs, stating that tasks would be automated but not rendered obsolete. He warned that countries that fail to capitalize on AI risk being left behind. OpenAI's Altman took a more cautious stance, suggesting that while building data centres is not mandatory, adoption is imperative, likening it to refusing electricity in the past. He cautioned against AI concentrating wealth in a single entity, advocating for a balanced approach. UK's science and technology minister, Chris McDonald, acknowledged the potential of AI while stressing the need for public trust and careful consideration of community interests, likening the pursuit of AI and economic growth to finding the \"Goldilocks moment.\"",
  "summary": "The AI industry's top figures gathered to pitch their vision to ministers from the world's leading economies.",
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        "title": "Tech bosses press G20 to build data centres, but split on risk",
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        "title": "Tech bosses press G20 to build data centres, but split on risk",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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