Microsoft's carbon emissions increased 30% since 2020, driven by datacenter expansion and AI development, challenging its 2030 carbon negativity goal.

Microsoft's carbon emissions have risen by almost 30% since 2020, posing a challenge to its ambitious goal of becoming carbon negative by 2030. The company's latest sustainability report attributes the rise in emissions to the construction of more datacenters and the associated embodied carbon in building materials and hardware components. As Microsoft continues to push for leadership in artificial intelligence, the energy-intensive nature of AI is exacerbating the company's climate impact.