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Big Tech Accused of Abandoning Climate Pledges to Power AI
Original: Welcome to the Plunderdome: How Big Tech Sold Out Its Climate Pledges to Power AI https://www. commondreams.org/opinion/
A Common Dreams opinion piece argues that Amazon and other major tech firms have abandoned their green commitments, adding fossil-fuel infrastructure like smokestacks to their facilities to meet surging AI energy demands. The article, being shared widely, accuses the industry of selling out its climate pledges as data centers drive a new boom in dirty power.
Why now: Concern over AI's soaring energy use reviving fossil fuels and undermining corporate climate commitments
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