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A flood of data that will cause a drought

By Olina Banerji in BFO #369, 14 Sep, 21

Silicon Valley is making a new kind of pledge to save the environment. The “water pledge” is now a yardstick that companies like Google and Facebook are set to measure themselves by. Both companies made an announcement at the end of August that they would be “water positive” by 2030. Which means that they’re going to put more water back into the local environment than they suck out.