Technology advances are helping recyclers convert hard-to-recycle waste into a valuable feedstock. But can they help build a circular economy that could radically reduce global waste?

Data centers – and the AI they enable – are helping to mitigate the invisible threats of heat and air pollution around the world, particularly for vulnerable populations.

Data-driven tools are helping farmers use less water and improve yields. Data and AI are getting excess food to those who need it most. But hunger and food waste still exist at the same time and places.

Data centers are helping decarbonize the energy system while enabling tools that make the grid more resilient. But how do we manage the growing energy needs of AI?

How can AI and data centers help us solve critical climate challenges?

Where the Internet Lives is back for a fourth season, focusing on how data center infrastructure is critical for making the world a more resilient place.

Hanoi Hantrakul is a former AI resident at Google working on creative applications of machine learning for music.

Mikko Green is an operations manager at Google's data center in Hamina, Finland.

Oregon Tradeswomen is an organization devoted to helping women like Sarah Hess build careers in construction, manufacturing, mechanical, and utility trades.

Google partnered with North Water, a Dutch water treatment company, to harness water from a network of canals to cool its data center.

Ian is an operations engineer at Google’s data center in Changhua County, Taiwan.

Data centers are the latest in a long list of big projects that Dave Moody has tackled over three decades running a construction company.

As the digital tools behind solar get more sophisticated, data centers have the potential to be the backbone of the clean energy economy.

Today, communities like Lenoir are often seen as great sites for data centers because of their strong industrial histories.

In Tennessee, the digital future is merging with the ecological past.

This season we explore how data centers change the world around them.

Bikash Koley is VP and head of global networking at Google.

Majd Bakar is VP of engineering at Google Fitbit.

Tara Varghese leads Google’s corporate water stewardship efforts.

Sarah Godbehere manages construction for Google data centers.

Andreas van der Linden is a data center technician at Google's data center in the Netherlands.

Mamoudou "D" Diallo is a site lead for Google’s data center in New Albany, Ohio.

Juliana Conroy-Hoey is a mechanical engineer for Google data centers in Europe.

Libby Davis manages security at Google's data centers in Iowa.