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As AI use surges, tech companies race to secure clean energy and preserve climate goals

GeekWire

In March, news broke that Amazon Web Services is spending $650 million on a data center in Pennsylvania that’s plugged into the nation’s sixth largest nuclear power plant, providing up to 960 megawatts of carbon-free energy for its operations. Europe, Asia and Latin America.

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Microsoft allies with community colleges to help U.S. train 250k new cybersecurity workers by 2025

GeekWire

Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and vice chair, cited the growing threat of ransomware and other cybersecurity attacks in a virtual news conference announcing the initiative alongside educational and nonprofit leaders Thursday morning. “So there’s been an ongoing conversation in the cybersecurity community.

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Madrona teams up with Advancing Women in Product to boost female tech leadership

GeekWire

Advancing Women in Product (AWIP) , a nonprofit organization with more than 16,000 members internationally, is partnering with Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group and Madrona Venture Labs in order to expand its opportunities for training, mentoring and networking. AWIP and Madrona Photos). Paris, London, Berlin, Boston, and Chennai, India.

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Tech Moves: T-Mobile adds former U.S. intelligence director to board; Amazon execs depart; and more

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She will serve on the nominating and corporate governance committee and as the company’s national security director, a role required through the wireless carrier’s merger with Sprint. The former head of engineering and science at Amazon Web Services Health Jean-Olivier Racine joined Outset Medical as its chief technology officer.

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9 ways IT leaders can impact sustainability initiatives

CIO Business Intelligence

Many CIOs don’t know where to start,” says Brian Kirkland, CIO at Choice Hotels and founding board member for SustainableIT.org, a nonprofit launched to help create frameworks and standards around sustainability. To secure executive support, CIO’s must first demonstrate value and need. Now is no time for sideline sitting, however.

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AWS launches Skills Center in Seattle, boosts efforts to give free cloud training to 29M people

GeekWire

Amazon on Thursday is opening the doors to its first Amazon Web Services Skills Center in downtown Seattle. Pierott’s multi-state program offers free STEM instruction to students underrepresented in tech, covering areas including coding, cyber security and other tech focuses. GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler).

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How “windfall profits” from AI companies could fund a universal basic income

Vox

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Meta President Nick Clegg, Inflection AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google’s President of Global Affairs Kent Walker, and Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith at the White House.

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