This picture taken on June 30, 2026 shows the site of a data centre construction project in Hino, Tokyo prefecture. The explosion in resource-hungry data centres -- housing the hardware "brains" of artificial intelligence -- is fuelling unease worldwide, with New York State and Australia the latest jurisdictions to announce new rules. Japan, with some of the most densely populated cities among advanced economies -- 80 percent of the country is mountains -- has a particular problem: a shortage of suitable urban space to build the facilities. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'JAPAN-TECHNOLOGY-AI-POLITICS,FOCUS' by Kyoko HASEGAWA.

This picture taken on June 30, 2026 shows a man riding a motorcycle past a white temporary fence surrounding the site of a data centre construction project in Hino, Tokyo prefecture. The explosion in resource-hungry data centres -- housing the hardware "brains" of artificial intelligence -- is fuelling unease worldwide, with New York State and Australia the latest jurisdictions to announce new rules. Japan, with some of the most densely populated cities among advanced economies -- 80 percent of the country is mountains -- has a particular problem: a shortage of suitable urban space to build the facilities. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'JAPAN-TECHNOLOGY-AI-POLITICS,FOCUS' by Kyoko HASEGAWA.

This picture taken on June 30, 2026 shows a woman riding a bicycle past a white temporary fence surrounding the site of a data centre construction project in Hino, Tokyo prefecture. The explosion in resource-hungry data centres -- housing the hardware "brains" of artificial intelligence -- is fuelling unease worldwide, with New York State and Australia the latest jurisdictions to announce new rules. Japan, with some of the most densely populated cities among advanced economies -- 80 percent of the country is mountains -- has a particular problem: a shortage of suitable urban space to build the facilities. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'JAPAN-TECHNOLOGY-AI-POLITICS,FOCUS' by Kyoko HASEGAWA.

This picture taken on June 30, 2026 shows a man riding bicycle past a white temporary fence surrounding the site of a data centre construction project in Hino, Tokyo prefecture. The explosion in resource-hungry data centres -- housing the hardware "brains" of artificial intelligence -- is fuelling unease worldwide, with New York State and Australia the latest jurisdictions to announce new rules. Japan, with some of the most densely populated cities among advanced economies -- 80 percent of the country is mountains -- has a particular problem: a shortage of suitable urban space to build the facilities. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'JAPAN-TECHNOLOGY-AI-POLITICS,FOCUS' by Kyoko HASEGAWA.

US actress Sharon Stone (R) and Rome's Mayor Roberto Gualtieri (L) pose on the balcony of the Mayor's office as they admire the ancient Roman Forum at the Capitoline Hill in Rome on July 16, 2026, prior to attend a meeting of Global Nobel Laureates Assembly on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear War. (Photo by TIZIANA FABI / AFP via Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

People buy items at a robot seller kiosk in Beijing on July 17, 2026. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP via Getty Images)

People buy items at a robot seller kiosk in Beijing on July 17, 2026. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP via Getty Images)

An automated robot seller gets ready to serve people at a robot kiosk in Beijing on July 17, 2026. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP via Getty Images)