Datacentres drive up big tech's carbon emissions to a third of those of France(theguardian.com)

61 points by YeGoblynQueenne 3 months ago | 73 comments

Ireland's datacentres overtake electricity use of all urban homes combined(theguardian.com)

25 points by nemoniac 2 years ago | 11 comments

US residents angry datacenters 'shoved down our throats' are recalling officials(theguardian.com)

66 points by beardyw 3 months ago | 36 comments

Norway to allow mining waste to be dumped in fjords(theguardian.com)

79 points by atombender 2 years ago | 42 comments

Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims(theguardian.com)

94 points by mitchbob 2 years ago | 38 comments

Greenland issues "strong warning" as American oil firm illegally drills wells(theguardian.com)

34 points by ck2 2 months ago | 21 comments

Google illegally cut down 250K trees in Finland for data center(nypost.com)

213 points by rustybolt 2 days ago | 164 comments

New York Post report that Google cleared about 250,000 trees in northern Finland for data centers before environmental approval, prompting Finnish authorities to suspend work.

Google will buy half the electricity from one of Finland's nuclear power plants(bbc.com)

365 points by lukaspetersson 1 month ago | 326 comments

BBC News article reporting that Google has picked Finland for its largest single investment in Europe, tied to buying nuclear power for data centres.

Google cleared 300 hectares of Finnish forest(techspot.com)

288 points by wetwater 3 days ago | 235 comments

TechSpot news article on Finnish regulators questioning Google's clearing of 300 hectares of forest for a data center before environmental review finished.

Google will pay people to use less electricity so its data centers can use more(computerworld.com)

8 points by mikelgan 2 days ago | 2 comments

Computerworld news article on Google's deal with Voltus for a 1GW virtual power plant that pays consumers to cut electricity use, freeing grid capacity for data centers.

Google plans to invest up to $40B in Anthropic(bloomberg.com)

776 points by elffjs 6 months ago | 761 comments

Bloomberg news article reporting that Google plans to invest up to $40 billion in AI company Anthropic.

Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions(nytimes.com)

765 points by gumby 2 years ago | 894 comments

New York Times article reporting that Google laid off hundreds of employees in engineering and other divisions as part of cost-cutting.