Silicon Valley's No Future Stance: CEO Responses Run From Silence To Praise As Shitstain's Climate Lies Become Policy

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The differences between 2017 and now are stark: Heat-trapping emissions continue to rise globally, and disasters are accelerating. That comes as the tech industry’s energy needs have grown in part because of power-hungry data centers related to artificial intelligence and other technologies. One result is a closer connection between a president who champions fossil fuels and executives in Silicon Valley who appear less willing to question his move to abandon the global climate pact.

“Optimistic and celebrating,” Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said minutes after Trump ordered the nation’s exit from the Paris Agreement. Zuckerberg’s post — while not a direct response to Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris deal — included an American flag emoji and a grinning photo of him with his wife Priscilla Chan in black-tie and formal attire. They were preparing to co-host an inaugural ball for Trump, who last year threatened to jail Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, Facebook’s parent company. The heads of Apple, Microsoft and Google, meanwhile, offered “congratulations” to the president for his second swearing-in and donated millions of dollars to his inaugural committee.

Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk swung an even sharper 180: Eight years ago, he publicly lambasted Trump’s first Paris pullout and cut ties with the president’s business advisory groups. This week, after spending at least $277 million to help Trump and other Republicans win the 2024 election, he had a starring role in the inaugural celebrations and a powerful spot in Trump’s new administration.

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At the same time, the giants of Silicon Valley were pouring billions of dollars into developing AI applications — and the data centers and energy infrastructure needed to run them. Microsoft’s emissions have jumped 29 percent since the company announced its carbon negative pledge in 2020. Google’s emissions have soared by 67 percent over the same period. “As we further integrate AI into our products, reducing emissions may be challenging due to increasing energy demands from the greater intensity of AI compute, and the emissions associated with the expected increases in our technical infrastructure investment,” Google said in its 2024 environmental report.

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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/26/trump-tech-giants-paris-climate-agreement-withdrawal-00200328