New data center builds have contributed to a 23.4 percent increase in Microsoft's carbon emissions since 2020, according to the company's 2025 Environmental Sustainability Report.

Microsoft's carbon footprint has grown 23.4% since it set a goal in 2020 to shrink its climate emissions to zero within a ...

Midway to its 2030 goal, Microsoft's total emissions were lower in 2024 compared to the previous year but still about 23 ...

Microsoft’s total carbon emissions have risen by almost 30 per ... predicted that the boom in AI and quantum computing will increase data centre power use six-fold in the next decade.

According to the International Energy Agency, the carbon emissions attributable to energy used by data centres are surging as ...

A UN report highlights a 150% rise in indirect carbon emissions from top AI companies like Amazon and Microsoft from 2020 to ...

The report attributed this rise to a 30.9% increase in the company’s indirect Scope 3 emissions, generated in part by Microsoft’s efforts to expand its global datacentre footprint. As ...

Indirect carbon emissions from the operations of four of the leading AI-focused tech companies rose on average by 150% from ...

In addition to its investments, Microsoft is pursuing the use of low-emissions steel in its supply chain and is ... On average, CLT can increase material costs by 5 to 10 percent compared to ...

In May, Microsoft said its emissions are up 29% since 2020. Regardless of the emission increase, the company has said its quarterly spending of $14 billion on data centers will continue to grow ...

Microsoft has failed to reduce its annual emissions each year since then. Its latest environmental report, released this May, shows a 29 percent increase in emissions since 2020—a change that ...

Pivot said the projects will also allow it to increase the ... The carbon dioxide emissions avoided roughly equal those from 165,000 gas-powered cars a year. Microsoft will need that clean power ...