Big Tech’s Data Centre Boom Poised to Drive up Carbon Emissions
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim A-ram = The construction boom of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers by big tech companies is fueling the expansion of fossil fuel power generation, creating a massive new source of carbon emissions...
FT analysis of the largest centres under construction at the hands of Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Meta: they will produce about 7 percent of last year's emissions, corresponding also to those released by 24 million cars
Big Tech’s data centre boom poised to drive up carbon emissions
Big Tech’s data centre building boom could create a huge new source of carbon emissions as the surging demand for electricity sparks a wave of fossil-fuel power plants, despite companies’ climate commitments. An FT analysis of 60 of the largest planned data centres being built in the US by Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Meta found […] The post Big Tech’s data centre boom poised to drive up carbon emissions appeared first on OODAloop.
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