{"id":132417,"date":"2025-07-08T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=132417"},"modified":"2025-07-08T06:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T06:00:14","slug":"a-third-of-chip-supply-threatened-by-climate-change-by-2035-pwc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=132417","title":{"rendered":"A third of chip supply threatened by climate change by 2035: PwC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostClimate change could disrupt a third of the world\u2019s semiconductor supply by 2035, as severe drought threatens the mining of copper \u2013 a critical material used in chip production \u2013 according to a new report from PwC released on Tuesday.<br \/>\nThe extraction of copper, essential for building the microscopic wires found on semiconductor circuits, requires substantial water resources. About 1,600 litres (423 gallons) of water were needed to obtain just 19kg of copper, the report said, citing data from the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/tech-trends\/article\/3317237\/third-global-chip-supply-threatened-climate-change-and-drought-2035-pwc?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostClimate change could disrupt a third of the world\u2019s semiconductor supply by 2035, as severe drought threatens the mining of copper \u2013 a critical&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132417"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}