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Hypothesis: Tech companies energy use is skyrocketing due to data center expansion and they're losing ground on their attempt to reduce carbon emissions. Sample size: Corporate sustainability reports for leading tech companies as well as non-tech Fortune 25 companies. Techniques: We compared total electricity consumption in gigawatt-hours per year by company/ Key findings: Since 2017, Google electricity consumption has increased 186%. Microsoft 186%. Meta 367%. A smaller share of Google's data center electricity is powered by clean energy now than in 2020. Limitations: Only Google reports the percentage of data center electricity powered by green energy. Not all companies report electricity use. There is no generally accepted method for separating out AI usage within data centers.
December 4, 2024 at 8:09 PM