Google stops building AI tools to accelerate oil and gas extraction
Google announces that it will no longer create AI tools to accelerate the extraction of oil and gas. The announcement was made a day after Greenpeace published a critical report on the role that Google, Microsoft and Amazon play in the oil industry.
Google told Forbes that the company no longer ... Read more
Robert Downey Jr. wants to clean the environment with robots, nanotech and AI
Actor and producer Robert Downey Jr. launched a group during the re:MARS conference of Amazon in Las Vegas, which will use advanced technology to clean up the environment "significantly, whether totally or not" in about ten years time.
Downey Jr. said that specifically robots, nanotechnology and ar... Read more
Microsoft data centres will be 60 percent powered by renewable energy by 2020
Microsoft's data centres must be 60 percent powered by renewable energy by 2020. By 2023, it should be more than 70%. That's what President Brad Smith said, writes Venturebeat. The company aims to reduce its operational CO2 emissions by 75 percent over the next eleven years.
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Google buys 1.6 million solar panels for new data centers
Google is increasingly opting for sustainability. The company has great ambitions in this area and is now buying the output of no less than 1.6 million solar panels to power two new data centres. The data centers will be located in the southeast of the United States: in Tennessee and Alabama.
In ord... Read more