AI Race Weakens Climate Pledges at Google, Amazon
Amazon’s electricity-related emissions rose 34% and Google’s overall emissions climbed 18% as data center power demand surged.
- Amazon and Google reported rising carbon emissions this week, with Amazon's increasing 16% and Google's climbing 18% in 2025 as both expanded artificial intelligence data center infrastructure.
- Power-Intensive artificial intelligence buildouts and global data center construction fueled these surges, as companies increasingly rely on fossil fuel infrastructure to meet massive energy demands.
- Most of this growth stems from Scope 3 emissions—a category covering supply chain activities—with Amazon reporting a 34% rise in electricity emissions and Google citing hardware manufacturing and data center construction.
- Net-Zero pledges face scrutiny from Sasha Luccioni, co-founder and chief scientific officer of Sustainable AI Group, who stated data centers are moving in the "opposite direction" of climate goals.
- Tech firms are investing heavily in natural gas power plants to maintain pace with AI demands, while Microsoft's upcoming sustainability report due in the coming weeks will reveal industry-wide environmental impact.
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AI race weakens climate pledges at Google, Amazon
Google and Amazon this week reported sharp increases in greenhouse gas emissions, driven by the frantic construction of artificial intelligence infrastructure that is pushing the tech giants further from their carbon neutrality pledges.
The pollution generated by the two groups increases faster than their sales. The data centres needed to run the AIs consume a lot of energy.
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udgtvGoogle and Amazon announced a sharp increase in their greenhouse gas emissions due to the frantic construction of infrastructure for the development of artificial intelligence.
Google's total emissions have increased by 82% since 2019, when the group committed to halve them by 2030. Amazon's emissions have risen by 58% over the same period, despite a promised carbon neutrality by 2040.
Google and Amazon have announced this week a sharp increase in greenhouse gas emissions, driven by the unbridled construction of artificial intelligence infrastructures that keep them away every year from their promises of carbon neutrality.
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