NEW YORK: A boom in data centres is expected to produce about 2.5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions globally through the end of the decade, and accelerate investments in decarbonisation efforts, according to Morgan Stanley research.
Hyperscalers, which include Google, Microsoft , Meta and Amazon, are driving the swift proliferation of electricity-guzzling data centres to expand their artificial intelligence and cloud computing technologies.
At the same time, the companies are holding onto pledges to slash global warming emissions from their centres by 2030.
“This creates a large market for decarbonisation solutions,” according to Morgan Stanley’s research report, which said the greenhouse gas emissions by the global data centre industry will amount to about 40% of what the entire United States emits in a year.
The build-out of the giant computer warehouses will increase investments in clean-power development; energy efficient equipment and so-called green building materials, Morgan Stanley said. — Reuters
