“#Amazon, #Microsoft and #Google are operating #datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, the non-profit investigatory organisation #SourceMaterial and the Guardian have found.
With Donald Trump pledging to support them, the three #technology giants are planning hundreds of datacentres in the US and across the globe, with a potentially huge impact on populations already living with #water scarcity.
#AI / #ProjectStargate / #OpenAI / #Oracle / #SoftBank / #MGX <https://theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water>
Revealed: Big tech’s new #datacentres will take #water from the world’s driest areas
#Amazon, #Microsoft and #Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, an investigation by #SourceMaterial and #theguardian has found.
A joint investigation by POLITICO and the not-for-profit journalism group #SourceMaterial found at least nine instances of covert shadow fleet vessels leaving spills in the world’s waters since 2021, using satellite images from the #SkyTruth NGO paired with shipping data from market analysis firm #Lloyd’s List and commodity platform #Kpler.
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Eni SpA earned about $550 million by canceling and then reselling contracted liquefied natural gas promised to Pakistan over the last two years, which exacerbated the Asian nation’s energy shortage, according to an analysis by two nonprofit groups.
I love #SourceMaterial.
Guardian、Die Zeit、SourceMaterial共同調査。
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/revealed-forest-carbon-offsets-biggest-provider-worthless-verra-aoe?CMP=greenlight_email
Revealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest provider are worthless, analysis shows
#カーボンニュートラル な飛行機に乗り、カーボンニュートラルなアイスクリームを食べ、カーボンニュートラルなテレビ番組を見、さらにはオフセットにお金を払うことで人生全体をカーボンニュートラルにすることができ、理論上は地球の大気を加熱する温室効果ガスの排出をすべてわずか数ポンド、ドル、ユーロで相殺することができる...
「多くの#カーボンオフセット の主張は真実ではない。これを止めなければなりません。」WWFの元代表であるマルコ・ランベルティーニは調査結果に対して述べている、という。
やっと市場経済の手品がバレはじめた。グリーン社会の実現を謳う日本政府や企業はどうするんだろうか。
#気候変動 #Guardian #Zeit #SourceMaterial
@majorlinux It's now more closed #AI in the sense of its current training #content. Of course available for users, If not for free, then for a fee.
A more #OpenAI will most likely emerge too, in some rather imminent phase. 🤔
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