Tech giants back new data center climate initiative
Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Meta are teaming up with a nonprofit investor to accelerate new technologies using data centers as test cases.Why it matters: The initiative, led by Elemental Impact, is among the clearest attempts yet to turn the massive buildout of AI infrastructure into a proving ground for new technologies rather than just a new source of emissions.Those technologies include advanced cooling, energy storage and low-carbon building materials."We see data centers as really importa
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