July 14, 2026

Microsoft promised to be carbon negative. Its emissions just jumped 25%

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Microsoft promised to be carbon negative by 2030. Its own report shows emissions up 25% in a year instead. The number is worse than it looks, and also more honest than it looks, and the reason for both is the same: AI data centres. Microsoft set one...