Google, Amazon Emissions Rise Sharply, Driven by AI Boom
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Google is committed to reducing its emissions by half by 2030, but these have jumped by 82% since 2019.
The CO2 emissions of the US tech companies Google and Amazon have increased significantly. According to current company data, the emissions of Google have increased by 82 percent since 2019 and by 58 percent at Amazon. Last year alone, they increased by 18 percent and 16 percent respectively.
AI infrastructure emissions: AI race weakens climate pledges at Google, Amazon
Google and Amazon this week reported sharp increases in greenhouse gas emissions, driven by the frantic construction of artificial intelligence infrastructure that is pushing the tech giants further from their carbon neutrality pledges. Amazon's emissions, published on Wednesday, have risen 58 percent over the same period, and more than 16 percent last year, despite a pledge to reach carbon neutrality by 2040.
The two Gafams published their environmental reviews this week, heavily weighted by their unbridled race to energy-efficient infrastructures to promote the storage of mandatory data for the development of artificial intelligence.
Google's and Amazon's latest balance sheets show a net increase in emissions. L的IA frankly complicates their promises of carbon neutrality.
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