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Oct 24 (Reuters) – Red Bull Formula One driver Sergio Perez said Sunday’s U.S. Grand Prix was the hardest and longest race of his life after his car’s water bottle failed and left him dehydrated in the Texas heat. The Mexican finished third in a race won by Dutch team mate Max Verstappen at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas, but he was clearly suffering after he got out of the car. “I struggled massively, you know. Since lap one I ran out of water. I couldn’t drink at all,” he said before the… Source link

Google is negotiating to build two more data centers in The Dalles, seeking access to a lot more water and a new package of tax breaks in exchange for spending hundreds of millions of dollars to expand its facilities on the site of a former aluminum smelter. Neither Google nor the city will say how big the new data centers would be, but they figure to be huge. Google spent $1.8 billion on its server farms along the Columbia River through 2017. Google has expanded steadily in The Dalles since… Source link

Corporate America is making a new kind of climate pledge. In recent months, multiple tech giants have pledged to use their reach and resources to join the fight for water conservation. Facebook made an announcement at the end of August declaring their efforts to “be water positive by 2030.” And just this week, Google made a similar announcement to make its data centers more efficient and support water security in the communities it operates in.  Google, Facebook, and Source link

With drought sucking the Western US dry, Google announced new plans to protect vital water resources. Google guzzles up water to cool its data centers, three of which are in the drought-stricken West. To offset its thirst, the company said that by 2030, it wants to replenish 120 percent of the water it consumes. Google guzzles up water to cool its data centers, three of which are in the drought-stricken West Google laid out three strategies to accomplish that goal: using water more… Source link

The Google name is displayed outside the company’s office in London, Britain, November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo Sept 9 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google aims to replenish 20% more water than its offices and data centers use by 2030, the company said on Thursday, addressing concerns about water-guzzling tech facilities amid record droughts. “We are pledging to a water stewardship target to replenish more water than we consume by 2030 and support water security in… Source link

Wildfires are taking a toll on the West Coast right into the end of the summer, with water shortages a top concern for local leisure and hospitality businesses. But according to Tom Danowski, Oregon Wine Board President, there’s an “oversupply” of wine across the nation — even with demand for alcoholic beverages on the rise. “Look at your shelf and your store, you’ll see quite a bit more wine than you might have ever thought could ever [have] been produced,” he told Yahoo Finance LIVE. He… Source link

A tandem parasailer hovering just above the water surface of the Red Sea sustained injuries when a shark leaped out of the water and bit his foot in a bizarre attack in the Gulf of Aqaba. The incident occurred last Friday off the Jordanian port city of Aqaba, as reported by the Daily Mail and The U.S. Sun. The 37-year-old Jordan man, who wasn’t identified, was taken to Prince Hashem Military Hospital where he underwent an operation on his right foot. He lost part of the back of his foot and… Source link

Kyrie Irving is the latest target of abusive NBA fan behavior. As the Brooklyn Nets guard exited toward the tunnel after Sunday’s win over the Boston Celtics, a fan in the stands threw a water bottle at him. TD Garden later announced that a fan in the arena had been arrested for throwing a water bottle and was subject to a lifetime ban. Cameras captured images of police escorting a man in a Celtics jersey away from the stands.  The game was the second of the series in Boston and the first… Source link

When the heat went out this week, Texans scrambled for ways stay warm. The number of searches for “how to stay warm” in Texas were at least twice those recorded in every other state, peaking early Monday morning. Accompanying phrases included “without electricity,” “without power” and “inside.” A note on the data: It comes from Google’s Trends tool, which reports relative search volume rather than absolute numbers. The darkest places on these state-level maps, for instance,… Source link