Microsoft’s carbon emissions went up 25 percent last year
THE SO WHAT
A 25% jump to 34M metric tons of CO₂ in a year is a clear data point that AI-era hyperscale growth is outpacing existing climate plans. If your AI roadmap leans on external cloud, start asking vendors for workload-level carbon accounting and scenario plans now — regulatory and customer pressure will push this from CSR to procurement criteria.
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