United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech on climate and renewable energy at the UN headquarters in New York City on July 22, 2025. Guterres called Tuesday on the surging artificial intelligence sector to prioritize sustainable energy for running power-hungry data centers. Guterres said a typical AI data center -- sites where data is processed -- uses the same amount of electricity as 100,000 regular homes. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)