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09/07/2024
How AI has effected emissions commitments
Microsoft and Google’s GHG emissions gains call viability of net-zero targets into question
By Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
Published: 09 Jul 2024 16:30, computerweekly.com
Microsoft and Google cite expansion of their datacentres due to demand for AI services for their greenhouse gas emissions increasing. What does this mean for their 2030 carbon reduction commitments?
Synyega in the news again! This article from Computer Weekly reviews the latest GHG emissions from Microsoft and Google and how AI has effected the commitments - featuring analysis from Stephen Old and Rich Gibbons
The financial results of the world’s biggest three hyperscale cloud companies have seen Amazon, Google and Microsoft all credit growing customer demand for artificial intelligence (AI) services for boosting their respective profit, revenue and market share totals.
The downside to this growth, particularly where Google and Microsoft are concerned, is that it appears to be derailing their carbon reduction commitments, with both firms disclosing sizeable gains in their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in their recent annual environmental reports....
