🗺️ We have published the 2022 carbon data for Google Cloud regions (Carbon Free Energy percentage and grid carbon intensity): - Web: cloud.google.com/sustainability… - CSV: github.com/GoogleCloudPla…

Since 2019, Google Cloud has published carbon-free energy percentages for each cloud region. You can use this data to deploy your workloads in low CO2 regions where grids are cleaner.

We need like 100x more EV charging stations

“Leaders must lead” un.org/sg/en/content/…

Also a DC fast charge reservation service with standby and no-show preempting would be nice. I would pay a premium for this on road trips.

Who remembers Patrols in elementary school? I took it very seriously. curbsideclassic.com/blog/nostalgia…

If you are in Seattle and work in healthcare join us for an amazing event on generative AI for healthcare and life sciences, including speakers Andy Hickl from the Allen Institute, Nigel Hartell from Seattle Children's, Jeremy Forman from Seagen...

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I'm really looking forward to this #GoogleCloudNext session with Chad W. Jennings and Emily Schechter: "Saving the world with geospatial data: Sustainability analytics on Google Cloud"! 🚀 You can register for a digital pass at g.co/cloudnext cloud.withgoogle.com/next?session=A…

This is a welcome addition to Google Maps Platform: Environment APIs! The first set of APIs help with solar rooftop potential, air quality, and pollen. Congrats to the Google teams that brought these to life! cloud.google.com/blog/products/…

Curbside compost coming to Brooklyn! nytimes.com/article/curbsi…

Our new partnership with HSBC will help grow the climate tech ecosystem by providing financing and support for companies in our Google Cloud Ready - Sustainability program. reuters.com/technology/hsb…

Found all the lightroots.

I’m not a climate scientist, but the risk from heat waves + power outages concerns me too. nytimes.com/2024/06/03/opi…

The more things change… the more we use spreadsheets arxiv.org/abs/2407.09025

AI is making a significant impact on weather forecasting with models like GraphCast. Super interesting to follow these developments. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

“It’s like we’ve made decades worth of improvements in one year. We’re seeing really, really rapid progress.” nytimes.com/2024/12/04/sci…

Accurate weather prediction is extremely important for keeping people safe, particularly when it comes to dangerous cyclones. Exciting to see this new initiative from Google DeepMind & Google Research in partnership with National Hurricane Center.

Weather affects everything and everyone. Our latest AI model developed with Google Research is helping us better predict it. ⛅ WeatherNext 2 is our most advanced system yet, able to generate more accurate and higher-resolution global forecasts. Here’s what it can do - and why