AI boom forces tech giants into power scramble, straining climate pledges

Tech companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta are rushing to secure sufficient electricity to power their data centers. The rise in AI demand strains the tech firms’ climate commitment, necessitating a risky balancing act between innovation and sustainability. According to Precedence Research, the global data center market size was projected to be $386.71 billion in 2025. The data center market is anticipated to reach approximately $1billion by 2034, growing at a double-digit CAGR of 11.24% from 2025 to 2034. Brian Janous, who served as Microsoft’s vice president of energy until August 2023, stated that, on one hand, tech firms are attempting to obtain every electron they can to fund their trillion-dollar bet on AI. On the other hand, the tech firms are attempting to adhere to the objective of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 or before. AI boom tests tech giants’ climate promises Janous said that the current...

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