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Tech firm’s bid to remove more CO2 than it produces is being tested as AI spawns new energy-hungry datacentresBill Gates: AI will help rather than hinder climate targetsIf you want evidence of Microsoft’s progress towards its environmental “moonshot” goal, then look closer to earth: at a building site on a west London industrial estate.The company’s Park Royal datacentre is part of its commitment to drive the expansion of artificial intelligence (AI), but that ambition is jarring with its target of being carbon negative by 2030. Continue reading…
Tech firm’s bid to remove more CO2 than it produces is being tested as AI spawns new energy-hungry datacentres
Bill Gates: AI will help rather than hinder climate targets
If you want evidence of Microsoft’s progress towards its environmental “moonshot” goal, then look closer to earth: at a building site on a west London industrial estate.
The company’s Park Royal datacentre is part of its commitment to drive the expansion of artificial intelligence (AI), but that ambition is jarring with its target of being carbon negative by 2030.
