I think Montreal is a relatively new datacenter (but great for CO2e!). The land purchase was just announced in May, 2021, so with construction and equipment deployment timelines, it may not be fully populated, so mix of hardware there may change.
SUSTAINABILITY
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Google Cloud Active Assist Scheduler Reduces Carbon Emissions
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Not public lists that I know of, but Cloud users can control which region their work gets scheduled in. The Active Assist scheduler can also be configured to factor CO2e into scheduling decisions, I believe: https://
cloud.google.com/solutions/acti
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Google Cloud Datacenters Carbon Intensity and TPUv4 Sustainability
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Depends on the data center (I actually don't know which one this was filmed in). We report %age of Google carbon free energy as well as Grid carbon intensity
(gCO2eq/kWh) per Cloud datacenter here. Most TPUv4 pods are installed in ones marked "Low CO2" https://
cloud.google.com/sustainability
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Multibillion Dollar AI Investments Driving Oil and Gas Innovation
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How Multibillion Dollar Investments in #AI are Driving Oil and Gas Sector #Innovation via @Forbes https://
forbes.com/sites/gauravsh
arma/2023/08/14/how-multibillion-dollar-investments-in-ai-are-driving-oil-and-gas-sector-innovation/
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Metaverse’s Surprising Role in Combating Global Warming
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#Metaverse https://
scitechdaily.com/the-metaverses
-surprising-role-in-combating-global-warming/
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LLMs Water Consumption and Climate Impact Concerns
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Also, LLMs are using millions of liters of water right now while much of the world suffers from drought. “Existential” harms (not just risks) aren’t always as “sexy” as nuclear war. Just ask the people paying for the propaganda for any distraction from climate change.
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LLMs Water Consumption Environmental Impact Ecocide Concerns
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Please add LLMs or any technology utilizing millions of liters of water a day during times of drought & water scarcity as a form of ecocide. Recognizing some may not consider water as “alive,” as it’s the basis for ALL life, let’s use it to keep people & planet safe. #banLLms
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LLMs Water Consumption Raises Ecocide Concerns Globally
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Growing number of countries consider making ecocide a crime https://
theguardian.com/environment/20
23/aug/26/growing-number-of-countries-consider-making-ecocide-crime
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Solar Investment Surpasses Oil in Historic Energy Shift
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radical change is possible – its just more mundane and incremental than anyone realizes… and it mostly happens right before our eyes… solar investment is now greater than oil in a decade: investment in oil halved, whilst solar tripled!
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NVIDIA Earth-2 Team Hiring AI Scientists and Climate Modelers
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Coming off from @nvidia blow-out earnings and company meeting, Jensen met our Earth-2 team. #ai+#science is a game-changer here. We are #hiring AI research scientists, deep learning engineers, numerical methods experts, and climate modelers. DM me.