AI's arrival complicates Big Tech climate goals, and some worry it's locking in more fossil fuels
Tech companies set ambitious climate goals at the start of the decade, promising to slash emissoins [sic] that contribute to global warming
The race to deploy artificial intelligence is complicating tech companies' commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, most of which come from the burning of gas, oil and coal and drive climate change. They say they must be flexible as they rush to build sprawling data centers that can consume more power than entire cities...
Tech companies say they’ve made significant progress on emissions through energy-efficiency measures, buying renewable energy credits and power from sources that don't emit greenhouse gases and requiring suppliers to reduce their own emissions.
Tech companies set ambitious climate goals at the start of the decade, promising to slash emissoins [sic] that contribute to global warming
The race to deploy artificial intelligence is complicating tech companies' commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, most of which come from the burning of gas, oil and coal and drive climate change. They say they must be flexible as they rush to build sprawling data centers that can consume more power than entire cities...
Tech companies say they’ve made significant progress on emissions through energy-efficiency measures, buying renewable energy credits and power from sources that don't emit greenhouse gases and requiring suppliers to reduce their own emissions.
Imagine a world -
Imagine a world where a global scam is so deeply embedded that huge businesses feel obliged to purchase renewable energy credits while knowing quite well that these credits are as genuine as medieval indulgences.
That's our world.
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