Former Google CEO Says Company’s Climate Targets ‘Will Be Swamped’ By Power-Hungry AI
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt suggested last week that the company’s climate targets are essentially hopeless in light of the rise of power-intensive artificial intelligence (AI) technology, Axios reported. Schmidt…
Reporting · 1 source · Jul 1, 2026Read it
The journal
Open the journal →The conversation starts in the journal — be the first to post.
About Eric Schmidt
Eric Emerson Schmidt is an American businessman and former computer engineer who was the chief executive officer of Google from 2001 to 2011 and the company's executive chairman from 2011 to 2015. He also was the executive chairman of parent company Alphabet Inc. from 2015 to 2017, and technical advisor at Alphabet from 2017 to 2020. Since 2025, he has been the CEO of Relativity Space, an aerospace manufacturing company. As of 2026, he is one of the wealthiest people in the world according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with an estimated net worth of US$64.3 billion.
Everything about Eric Schmidt →- Occupation
- art collector, engineer, university teacher, computer scientist
- Position held
- chief executive officer, board of directors member
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 27, 1955
- Website
- https://ericschmidt.com/