Microsoft’s carbon emissions have risen 30% since 2020 due to data center expansion

📆 5/15/2024 8:01 PM
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The expansion of data centers poses a challenge to tech companies that have set ambitious timelines to eliminate their carbon footprints.

Microsoft's carbon footprint has increased by 30% compared to 2020 due to indirect emissions from the construction of data centers.

However, its indirect emissions – those that stem from all other activities Microsoft engages in – increased by 30.9% over the same period. Microsoft aims to become carbon negative by 2030.

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