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Microsoft carbon emissions rose 25 percent in 2025 as AI data centers grow

Microsoft reported a 25 percent jump in carbon emissions in 2025 as it sets out to grow its use of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers. The emissions increase was "driven primarily by the expansion of our datacenter infrastructure and pausing our use of non-additional, unbundled renewable energy certificates as we prioritize investments that bring net...

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Published: 13 July 2026
Source: The Hill Technology
Category: News
Topics: Environment · Finance, VC & PE
Retrieved: 14 July 2026

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ethics.ai (13 July 2026), “Microsoft carbon emissions rose 25 percent in 2025 as AI data centers grow,” evidence record 2507, https://ethics.ai/record/2507 (originally published by The Hill Technology).

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