Gregory's Server2020: Microsoft sets goal to be carbon negative by end of the decade.
2023: Microsoft's emissions are 30% higher than in 2020.
Main cause? The relentless push to meet AI demand, which requires new data centers built out of carbon-intensive steel, cement, chips.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-15/microsoft-s-ai-investment-imperils-climate-goal-as-emissions-jump-30
@akshatrathi, but they need that AI money to buy carbon offsets!
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And that demand isn't driven by users, but by other companies that see it as a marketing boost.
@akshatrathi what AI “demand”? I didn’t demand any of this, leave me alone with your 8 copilots -.-