… But Google’s Townsend defended the company’s record thus far. “To the best of our ability, we are accounting for the offsite water footprint,” Townsend said, “and I think we’ve made significant progress in reducing or eliminating the water footprint of that supply chain through our waterless renewa… …
… Link: Cloud Next ‘26: Momentum and innovation at Google scale | https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/infrastructure-and-cloud/google-cloud/cloud-next-2026-sundar-pichai/ | Google
… The deal also requires Google to assist with making adjustments to its AI safety settings and filters at the government’s request. “We are proud to be part of a broad consortium of leading AI labs and technology and cloud companies providing AI services and infrastructure in support of national sec…
… At that time I also set up with Amin Vahdat, who’s now our SVP of AI infrastructure, a centralized infrastructure team, which has paid great dividends. …
… Days after US forces bombed Tehran and killed its religious leader, Iran conducted drone strikes on two AWS data centers in the United Arab Emirates and indirectly damaged a third data center in Bahrain, causing major power outages across the Middle East and damaging critical infrastructure. …
… Urban Institute’s Yonah Freemark, who shared screenshots of the memo on BlueSky, called canceling bike lane infrastructure counterproductive. “On a per-dollar basis, cycling improvements are some of the most efficient ways to increase mobility, and they enable people from all backgrounds and income… …
… For shopping, the new Universal Cart will keep track of things you want to buy in apps like Search, Gemini, Gmail, and YouTube — and let you check out using Google’s payment infrastructure. …
… She describes Google’s place in the interaction as a “matchmaker.” “We really want to facilitate lots of consumers talking to lots of merchants,” Srinivasan says. “We don’t want to be the merchant of record.” On the infrastructure level, there are signs that the retail industry is coalescing around… …
… And it’s eaten up completely by indirect operation costs, like building out more compute and the “ungodly” expense of constantly training the next big model. “As soon as you then add all of the infrastructure that needs to be built for the next generation of model, and you look at how these models … …
… The rideshare company will manage the depots and operational infrastructure associated with running the service. Uber will also manage remote assistance for the vehicles, Ferguson said. …