US tech giants keep buying clean power as AI sends emissions to record highs

US tech giants keep buying clean power as AI sends emissions to record highs

AI expansion is creating an awkward reality for Big Tech: Some of the same companies seeing their carbon emissions rise are also financing some of the nation's biggest clean energy developments. Nowhere is that tension clearer than in the Pacific Northwest, where Amazon and Microsoft are helping fund everything from solar farms to next-generation nuclear facilities. What happened? Washington and Oregon have become a case study in this shift. As …