Google's Water Promise Can't Hide Its Publisher Problem
AI's infrastructure dreams are crashing into reality. Google goes 'water positive' while UK regulators force it to let publishers opt out of AI Search. • AI has a water problem. Google thinks it has a fix Google has announced five commitments to address AI data centers' growing water consumption, including a pledge to replenish more water than it uses by 2030 and $17 million in new water stewardship projects. • Google must let publishers opt out of AI Search features, rules UK The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has ruled that Google must allow website publishers to opt out of having…
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