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AI brings soaring emissions for Google and Microsoft, a major contributor to climate change


The tech giants both report surges in greenhouse gas emissions as they double-down on adding artificial intelligence to all of their products.

Google Vice President Majd Bakar speaks on-stage during an annual conference in San Francisco with the back drop of a massive data center. Company analysts say “the proliferation of AI technology, and the data centers necessary to feed it” will drive a surge in power demand “the likes of which hasn’t been seen in a generation.” Google said it spent $12 billion on capital expenditures just that quarter, which was “driven overwhelmingly” by investments in data centers to fuel its AI endeavors.

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