Wired

A New Google-Funded Data Center Will Be Powered by a Massive Gas Plant

Documents show that one of Google’s new data centers would be powered by a natural gas plant that emits millions of tons of emissions each year—an increasingly common trend in the industry. A new data ...
Seeking Alpha

Google to finance data center project leased to Anthropic

Google (GOOG) is reportedly financing a multi-billion-dollar data center in Texas currently leased to Anthropic (ANTHRO), deepening the relationship between the two and their shared interest in AI ...
WDBJ

Google confirms development plans for Botetourt County data center campus

BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - A data center campus is in development in Botetourt County, Google announced in a press release. Google says it’s: “Centered on a commitment to responsibly build digital ...
Wired

Senators Demand to Know How Much Energy Data Centers Use

Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren and Republican senator Josh Hawley are urging the US’s central energy information agency to provide better information on how much electricity data centers actually ...
Android Police

Google is killing the best way to use Google Messages for web on public computers

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...
USA Today

Google cuts data center power use to ease strain on US grids

Google has signed agreements with five U.S. electric utilities in states from Arkansas to Minnesota to curtail its electricity use during periods of peak demand, the company said on March 19, in its ...
The Business Journals

Google to invest $1 billion in North Carolina data center expansion

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Big Tech keeps investing ...
The Verge

Apple might use Google servers to store data for its upgraded AI Siri

Apple may be leaning even more on Google as it tries to catch up in AI. Apple may be leaning even more on Google as it tries to catch up in AI. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and ...
Business Insider

Google is dialing up the pressure for more employees to use AI — and not just engineers

Google managers are pushing more employees to use AI. Employees in non-technical roles said they have been told they are expected to use AI. In some cases, employees have been told AI will factor into ...
Bleeping Computer

Previously harmless Google API keys now expose Gemini AI data

Google API keys for services like Maps embedded in accessible client-side code could be used to authenticate to the Gemini AI assistant and access private data. Researchers found nearly 3,000 such ...
The Economist

Google Maps makes another pitch for better South Korean data

Google Maps wants to close its gaps. One of the biggest in the search giant’s navigation app is South Korea. Nearly two decades after the service launched, even basic walking or driving directions ...
WDBJ

Google Data Center’s expected water use made public

BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - The Western Virginia Water Authority this week released records detailing Google’s projected water use at a planned data center in Botetourt County, following a ...