In January 2020, Microsoft agreed to a compromise regarding negative carbon emissions through 2030. We expect year-over-year progress through to the meta. But, in 2023, the company will see its level of carbon emissions increase by 30%. Culpa da inteligência artificial (AI), to a large extent.
Reduce carbon emissions This is a compromise aimed at mitigating the generation of gases whose effect is such and which, thus, will cause less danger to my ambient environment. To do this, various strategies can be adopted, such as the use of energy renovation, the recovery of degraded areas and the installation of water recovery systems.
It is then that Microsoft discloses your annual ambient sustainability report. The document reveals that, in fiscal year 2023, the company reduced its direct emissions (classified as Escopo 1 and Escopo 2) to 6.3% compared to 2020.
Furthermore, as indirect emissions (Escopo 3), which are not fully controlled by the company, but are associated with your operations, will increase by 30.9% during the entire period. The combination of direct and indirect emissions therefore corresponds to an increase of 29.1%.
AI as priority
On a larger scale, Microsoft's efforts to advance artificial intelligence are causing this increase. The company is looking to build more data centers to meet these needs. This creates a series of demands that contribute to carbon emissions, such as:
- acquisition and implementation of hardware components
- increasing energy consumption of data centers
- use of water or other refrigeration mechanisms of services
It can't be any different. Since last year, Microsoft has implemented AI solutions in its products and services, an example of the integration of Copilot with the Bing bus and Windows operating systems.
Oh Neowin Pay attention to Microsoft's claim that your most modern data centers are designed not to use water for storage. I am advanced. However, data centers focus on AI and tend to require so much energy that these efforts can have a positive impact.
Additionally, the company has plans to reduce carbon emissions through 2030. Microsoft President Brad Smith revealed that he has a new plan to reduce indirect emissions. Faz part of the project requires the provision of products and services to use carbon-intensive energy sources.
At the same time, I will have a desire to alcançar a meta. As artificial intelligence applications, we are the first to move on. Agree with o The edgeMicrosoft claims to match growing demand for AI in the most obvious way: building more data centers.
