Tag: Google

Alphabet buys Intersect Power for $4.5 Billion USD to sustainably power its AI infrastructure

That shift helps explain why Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has agreed to acquire American renewable energy company Intersect Power in a deal valued at roughly $4.75 billion. It’s a move that reflects a deeper change: technology companies are paying closer attention to the physical systems that support their growth. 

How to control the environmental impacts of the internet?

All of us like to buy broadband plans, and other internet connection without even considering their impact on our...

How big is your digital carbon footprint?

Years ago, Green Prophet brought you a link to help calculate your carbon footprint, a free carbon calculator that summed up your carbon...

Google goes for awesome driverless car concept

After making billions on online advertising Google execs are now putting some money into companies of their dreams. The...

BrightSource’s Ivanpah, the world’s largest solar thermal project, is live

It has been a long, controversial and expensive road for BrightSource Energy, but their 392 megawatt concentrating solar plant...

World’s First ‘Tablet Cafe’ Circumvents Chronic Power Cuts

The world's first tablet cafe has opened in Dakar and already Google's latest experiment is turning out to be...

Burj Khalifa on Google Street View

Google's street view has taken us from the streets of Tel Aviv to the Grand Canyon and even under...

LEED-Seeking Google Tel Aviv is About as Cool as Offices Come

Unreal. That is the first word that swims around our heads when we look at images of Google's new...

Mine Landfills, Not Asteroids!

 When we learned about Planetary Resources' asteroid mining scheme, a well-known Cree Indian proverb came to mind: "Only when...

How Data Mining Turns You Into A Super Consumer

Visual clues about you are just the tip of the information iceberg. Your shopping habits can be made malleable...

Google’s Largest Investment Goes To BrightSource Energy

Google Invests $168 million in BrightSource Energy's Ivanpah Solar Energy Generating System Google has announced that it will invest $168...

Google And George Soros Behind Promising Palestinian Sadara Venture Capital Fund

Suit up! New Palestinian venture capital fund will help twelve Palestinian start ups find their feet. An Israeli resident...