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2020: Microsoft sets goal to be carbon negative by end of the decade.
2023: Microsoft’s emissions are 30% higher than in 2020.
Main cause? The relentless push to meet AI demand, which requires new data centers built out of carbon-intensive steel, cement, chips.

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so-true Corporations will go green on public pressure. yea

  • LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]English
    19•1 year ago

    How exactly were they planning on being “carbon negative” in the first place? Does that mean they were just gonna buy those carbon emission tax bond whatever the fuck they’re called, my brain isnt awake yet

    • HexBroke [any, comrade/them]English
      8•1 year ago

      We will achieve this through a portfolio of negative emission technologies (NET) potentially including afforestation and reforestation, soil carbon sequestration, bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCs), and direct air capture (DAC).

        • HexBroke [any, comrade/them]English
          4•1 year ago
          • afforestation and reforestation - growing trees where there weren’t trees before (afforestation).and regrowing trees (reforestation)
          • soil carbon sequestration - changing farming methods to store carbon, theoretically over the long term (doubt)
          • bioenergy with carbon capture and storage - grow stuff, burn it and store the carbon
          • direct air capture - extract and store carbon directly from the atmosphere using chemical or physical methods