Microsoft's AI Ambition And Data Center Growth Side Effects: Emissions
Microsoft's AI Ambition And Data Center Growth Side Effects: Emissions
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) has seen its emissions increase by nearly a third since 2020, primarily driven by the expansion of data centers required for AI and cloud computing, as reported in its annual sustainability report on Wednesday, Financial Times notes.
《金融時報》指出，微軟公司（納斯達克股票代碼：MSFT）的排放量自2020年以來增加了近三分之一，這主要是由人工智能和雲計算所需數據中心的擴張所推動的。
The company attributes these challenges to its unique position as a leading cloud supplier aggressively expanding its data centers to keep pace with competitors like Amazon.Com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google in the generative AI space.
該公司將這些挑戰歸因於其作爲領先雲供應商的獨特地位，該公司積極擴展其數據中心，以在生成式人工智能領域與亞馬遜公司（納斯達克股票代碼：AMZN）和Alphabet Inc（納斯達克股票代碼：GOOG）（納斯達克股票代碼：GOOG）（納斯達克股票代碼：GOOG）谷歌等競爭對手保持同步。
The company has heavily invested in OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, and is developing its AI tools.
該公司對ChatGPT的創建者OpenAI進行了大量投資，並正在開發其人工智能工具。
Despite a 6.3% reduction in direct and energy-related emissions in 2023 compared to its 2020 baseline, emissions from Microsoft's supply chain, which constitute the majority of its total emissions, soared by 30.9%. This led to an overall increase in emissions by 29.1%, Financial Times cites from the report.
儘管與2020年的基準相比，2023年的直接和能源相關排放減少了6.3％，但佔其總排放量的微軟供應鏈的排放量猛增了30.9％。《金融時報》援引該報告稱，這導致總排放量增加了29.1％。
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Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it would require its "high volume" suppliers to use 100% carbon-free electricity for all goods and services provided to the company by 2030.
微軟週三宣佈，它將要求其 “大批量” 供應商在2030年之前爲提供給該公司的所有商品和服務使用100％的無碳電力。
Moreover, Microsoft plans to support around $10 billion in renewable energy projects developed by Brookfield Asset Management, aligning its clean energy objectives with AI developments.
此外，微軟計劃支持布魯克菲爾德資產管理公司開發的約100億美元的可再生能源項目，使其清潔能源目標與人工智能發展保持一致。
Earlier, Salesforce, Inc (NYSE:CRM) voiced the need for expanded environmental regulation of artificial intelligence due to the sector's high energy usage and lack of emissions reporting.
此前，Salesforce, Inc（紐約證券交易所代碼：CRM）表示，由於該行業的高能耗和缺乏排放報告，需要擴大對人工智能的環境監管。
Analysts deem Microsoft's Azure poised for public cloud leadership by 2032.
分析師認爲，到2032年，微軟的Azure有望在公有云上佔據領先地位。
Price Action: MSFT shares traded higher by 0.12% at $423.57 at the last check Thursday.
價格走勢：在週四的最後一次支票中，MSFT股價上漲0.12％，至423.57美元。
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