Technology
Climate ambition is collective. Our system for delivering it is not
The response emerging around AI sharply highlights these constraints while offering new models. Read More
The hidden water liability of AI data centers
The power plants that support these facilities, especially fossil-fuel generators, will account for almost three-quarters of their water withdrawals by 2030. Read More
AMD, NVIDIA raise bar on AI energy efficiency
With energy-hungry data centers under scrutiny by communities across the U.S., the two powerful chipmakers are focusing on powering more AI training and inference with fewer server racks. Read More
Why SAP screens every AI project for ethical and environmental risks
The company is one of the few enterprise software marketers to consider greenhouse gas emissions in its AI policies. Read More
Google’s best practices for recycled materials
Replacing virgin content with recycled material is one of the company’s key levers for reducing the carbon footprint of individual products. Read More
Why data center companies Equinix and Oracle are buying fuel cells
Companies like Bloom Energy and Fuel Cell Energy report growing interest in their technology. Read More
New suggested way to estimate AI emissions
Carbon management firm Watershed publishes methodology for calculating the footprint related to corporate AI use. Read More
This tracker ranks AI data center leaders on emissions
Elon Musk’s xAI is the biggest polluter among the eight leading cloud and AI services companies ranked by nonprofit Climate Power. Read More
CDP adds AI to speed emissions disclosures
The new tool builds on technology from German ESG software firm Briink. Read More
Amazon cloud customers can now see their water withdrawal data
The information is part of a console that Amazon Web Services launched for corporate sustainability professionals in March. Read More