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10 Jul

Microsoft Carbon Emissions Spike: AI’s Climate Cost Exposed

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Microsoft's Carbon Confession: AI Is Eating the Climate Roadmap Microsoft just handed us the smoking gun—and it barely made a sound. The company's carbon emissions surged 25 percent in 2025, a staggering reversal for a corporation that publicly committed to becoming carbon negative by 2030. The culprit isn't mysterious: it's the relentless, power-hungry infrastructure required to feed the AI arms race. What matters more than the number itself is what it reveals about how Big Tech is handling carbon emissions pledges when those pledges collide with shareholder demands for AI dominance. We're not here to pile on Microsoft alone. But…

23 Jun

AI’s fossil fuel lock-in: Microsoft-Chevron deal exposed

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AI's Dirty Secret: Big Tech Is Betting Its Future on Gas When Nvidia announced a new liquid-cooled data center design last month, the PR message was clear: we're solving AI's water problem. Executives emphasized how the Rubin architecture would slash cooling water consumption inside the facility. It was a calculated response to mounting criticism—journalists and activists have spent the last two years raising alarms about AI's thirst for water and electricity. The announcement landed as reassurance. Problem being solved. Move along. Then Microsoft and Chevron quietly signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for a natural gas data center in West…