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Re:Microsoft's Emissions Spike 29% as AI Gobbles Up Resources by cwillu on Sunday May 19, 2024 @12:30AM (#40404285)
According to other comments, the data centers are less than 5% of the emissions in question. The data centers simply aren't relevant to this discussion.
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Re:Microsoft's Emissions Spike 29% as AI Gobbles Up Resources by loeg on Sunday May 19, 2024 @11:49AM (#40407689)
The article suggests that data centers are the majority of energy consumption and more or less explicitly says they're not running on renewable sources.

> The vast majority comes from Scope 3 (96%), which includes the supply chain, data centers, and "the use of our products across millions of our customers."

> Yet the data centers remain an issue with no easy answer. The race to secure them is in full swing, and it would take years to switch them to renewable energy, experts tell PCMag.

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