Google 'our AI just drinks teeny weeny sips of water' quietly removes net-zero carbon goal from website amid rapid power-hungry, water-guzzling AI data center buildout — industry-first sustainability pledge moved to background amidst AI energy crisis
Google, Google, Google
Google senior executives super enthusiastic to endorse Trump admin's claim that coal is super clean.
Google. Google. Google.
Don't be evil, Google.
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/google-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-crisis
Gerry McGovern
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