xAI lets companies like Google move fast and hurt people at arms length.
Google itself has a good reputation as a facilities operator. SpaceXAI is operating gas turbines emitting exhaust at ground level.
Google has also tried to hide things like water consumption data, see:
- https://cloud.sustainability.watch/explore-issues/example-go...
- https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/mount-hood-wat...
They also seemingly dropped their net-zero climate goal:
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/google-quietly-re...
Google has also tried to hide things like water consumption data, see:
- https://cloud.sustainability.watch/explore-issues/example-go...
- https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/mount-hood-wat...
They also seemingly dropped their net-zero climate goal:
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/google-quietly-re...