Google's chief financial officer, Ruth Porat, said on Tuesday that data is more like sunlight than oil.
It's an upbeat twist on the phrase "data is the new oil," which implies information is finite.
Porat said Google was using data for positive developments, like diagnosing breast cancer.
Her comments at the World Economic Forum came one day after Google was hit with a $57 million fine by French authorities over its data-collection practices.
Google wants to popularize a more upbeat way of describing data: It's more like sunlight than oil.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday morning, Google's chief financial officer, Ruth Porat, said that "data is more like sunlight than oil," adding, "It is like sunshine — we keep using it, and it keeps regenerating."
It's a twist on the well-known phrase "data is the new oil," meaning the world's most valuable resource is information rather than petroleum.
Like the oil barons who preceded them, Silicon Valley ...
