Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Tech@programming.devEnglish · 3 days agoGoogle quietly removes net-zero carbon goal from website amid rapid power-hungry AI data center buildout — industry-first sustainability pledge moved to background amidst AI energy crisiswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1134arrow-down1external-linkGoogle quietly removes net-zero carbon goal from website amid rapid power-hungry AI data center buildout — industry-first sustainability pledge moved to background amidst AI energy crisiswww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Tech@programming.devEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days ago Google and the rest of them need to get off their asses and lobby Trump to stop killing wind and solar projects. Why would they do that when they can in-house capacity they need and leach the public grid for the rest? This whole manufactured crisis is so tech corps and oil companies can make more profits at everyone else’s expense. And it’s working out great. Both these industries are making a killing.
Why would they do that when they can in-house capacity they need and leach the public grid for the rest?
And it’s working out great. Both these industries are making a killing.