Google launches its first climate change accelerator for European start ups

James Murray
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A Google data centre / Credit: Google
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A Google data centre / Credit: Google

Tech giant announces it is to bring climate-focused accelerator programme to Europe for the first time

Google has today announced it is to launch a new accelerator programme specifically focused on start-ups working on climate solutions, which will see it extend the service to Europe for the first time....

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