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AI Is Straining Big Tech’s Climate Goals
Yahoo2026.07.03
The AI data center buildout is causing carbon emissions to spike, according to the latest environmental reports from tech giants Google and Amazon Both companies have ambitious climate goals, but are now facing higher hurdles to achieve them as they put up data centers around the country. Many new data centers are powered by carbon-emitting sources like natural gas, at least in part. Data centers’ environmental impact is one of the biggest knocks against them.