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Google’s carbon emissions have jumped almost 50% in past 5 years

According to a recent report from the Mountain View tech giant, Google's carbon emissions have jumped by almost 50% over the past five years.

This could reduce the energy required to train AI models by 100x and, therefore, associated emissions “by up to 1,000 times.” The latest methods are said to be utilized already, which could help relieve the burden on Google’s infrastructure and associated data centers. “Hard to decarbonize” areas such as Asia-Pacific where carbon free energy is less readily available is another explanation from Google for the failure to make significant progress over the past 5 years. With a major push of Gemini and other associated AI-powered projects, Google will need to do more to ensure that carbon emissions are in check with public pledges to reach net-zero within just 6 years.

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