Microsoft’s clean energy target under pressure from AI data centres
Microsoft is weighing whether to delay or abandon one of its 2030 clean energy targets as it expands data centre capacity for AI and cloud services, Bloomberg has reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
The target, announced in 2021 and known as 100/100/0, aims to match 100% of Microsoft’s electricity use, 100% of the time, with zero-carbon energy purchases. It applies on an hourly basis and in the same power grids from which the company draws electricity.
The target requires more than annual renewable energy matching. Under annual matching, a company buys enough renewable power over a year to cover its total electricity use. Microsoft’s 100/100/0 target requires zero-carbon power to be available at the same time and in the same grid region where electricity is consumed.
Microsoft has already met its annual renewable energy matching target, according to the report. The current discussions centre on whether the hourly...
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