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  "url": "https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/googles-ai-buildout-drove-37-increase-in-electricity-use-in-2025",
  "title": "Google’s AI buildout drove 37% increase in electricity use in 2025",
  "summary": "Google tries balancing AI data center emissions with clean energy efforts.",
  "authors": "Jeremy Hsu",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "environment",
  "orgs": "google",
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-02T11:15:49.000Z",
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  "source_slug": "ars-ai",
  "source_name": "Ars Technica",
  "source_homepage": "https://arstechnica.com/ai/",
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  "original_url": "https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/googles-ai-buildout-drove-37-increase-in-electricity-use-in-2025",
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  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
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