Google offers cloud users new tools to reduce their emissions

John Leonard
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Google is itself aiming to run its own data centres carbon free by 2030
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Google is itself aiming to run its own data centres carbon free by 2030

New AI-powered tool identifies potentially idle projects on Google Cloud Platform so they can be shut down

Google has added new tools to its features designed to give users more control over the carbon emissions generated when using Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The new measures announced today include an...

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