( ) -q-21- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “on data centers.” Google, which has an ambitious plan to address climate change with cleaner operations, came nowhere close to its goals last year. [CutID: <Cuts> GOOGLE-CLIMATE-CHANGE-house-q-WEDam.mp3 Time: 21s Title: GOOGLE-CLIMATE-CHANGE-house-q-WEDam Out-cue: on data centers] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. ——————————- VERBATIM: According to the company’s annual Environmental […]
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Google falling short of important climate target, cites AI electricity needs
( ) -q-21- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “on data centers.”
Google, which has an ambitious plan to address climate change with cleaner operations, came nowhere close to its goals last year.
[CutID: <Cuts> GOOGLE-CLIMATE-CHANGE-house-q-WEDam.mp3
Time: 21s
Title: GOOGLE-CLIMATE-CHANGE-house-q-WEDam
Out-cue: on data centers]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: According to the company’s annual Environmental Report, instead of going down, its emissions grew 13% in 2023. The tech giant’s total energy consumption has more than doubled since 2019. Google attributes the increase to artificial intelligence and the demand it puts on data centers.