AI's gigawatt appetite has quietly killed Big Tech's carbon-neutrality talking points
XFreeze · x · 2026-10-21
A snarky observation that Apple and Google used to center product launches on carbon credits and neutrality — until the AI era demanded gigawatts of electricity, and the carbon talk quietly disappeared. AI power demand is reshaping Big Tech's sustainability narrative.
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