Data centres to emit 2.5 billion tonnes of CO2 through 2030


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. — Reuters

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.

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