Sustainability is a topic tracked in our intelligence system with 5 linked articles.
Microsoft reports a 25% increase in emissions, driven by data center electricity usage.
Google commits to five water stewardship actions for its data centers, including net-positive water replenishment by 2030, while funding local infrastructure and increasing transparency amid backlash over AI data-center water use.
EU's 2023 battery-design regulations, one already in force and another taking effect next year, are driving a revival of repairable and potentially user-replaceable batteries in portable devices.
LuaJIT significantly outperforms Lua interpreters in energy efficiency and speed, narrowing the gap to C but still trailing it on both metrics.
EU plans to mandate removable smartphone batteries by 2027, with broad implications for device design, repairs, and the electronics supply chain.
Meta’s AI-driven concrete design initiative, anchored by BOxCrete and open data, aims to boost domestically produced cement/concrete, shrink imports, and accelerate adoption of AI-optimized mixes across the U.S. supply chain.
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