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Big tech’s billions for climate: Here’s where Amazon and Microsoft are making their carbon bets

GeekWire

. “They’re focusing on making smart investments in things that have real-world implications both near- and far-term,” said Gabriel Scheer , director of innovation for the investment and accelerator nonprofit Elemental Excelerator. ” They also diverge, particularly given Amazon’s role as a global online retailer.

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10 fastest growing US tech hubs for IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s also the fifth-largest data center market in the nation, with a “low natural disaster risk, inexpensive power, and a competitive colocation and cloud market.” And Intel recently announced plans to construct two chip factories right outside Columbus, slated to bring more than 3,000 jobs to the area.

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Initiative to axe carbon emissions law could ‘slam the brakes’ on Washington’s climate tech sector

GeekWire

To meet that demand, Amazon, Microsoft and others are building more data centers, which require more energy sources and a robust electrical grid. McKinsey projected that data center power demand in the U.S. Microsoft contractors mixed test slabs of lower-carbon concrete at the site of a new data center in Quincy, Wash.

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Jeff Bezos wants the world to know he’s a philanthropist

Vox

It was a source of growing criticism from the press and nonprofit experts as his net worth climbed, topping $100 billion by the end of 2017. Applying for a grant can often be a long, burdensome process for nonprofits. Bezos’s philanthropic track record Before 2018, Bezos didn’t have much of a philanthropic résumé. Solo Por Hoy Inc.,

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Sundar Pichai on managing Google through the pandemic

The Verge

Because I look at the level of investment hardware needs, both in terms of all the technology R&D you need to do, the kind of supply chain you need to develop, as well as the go-to-market investments you need. You will see there are large countries where they are fully developing a service on top of it. So it’s a deep investment.

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