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AI Boom Boosts Big Tech’s Carbon Footprint | Business and Finance News
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AI’s rapid rise is heating up the planet — Google and Amazon’s latest sustainability reports reveal soaring carbon emissions, up 25% and 16% respectively, as their AI-driven growth fuels Scope Three emissions from hardware, chip manufacturing, and massive data centers. While they’ve offset operational energy with renewables, the real environmental burden lies in outsourced production and infrastructure expansion. To hit net-zero, these tech giants face costly, complex pivots toward greener materials, cleaner chipmaking, and deeper renewable investments — proving innovation and sustainability aren’t always compatible.
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