In the past couple of years, more than 40 tech companies have set targets for limiting emissions, but Microsoft’s plans to be carbon negative by 2030 and wipe out historical emissions are the most aggressive.
The company is planning a fleetwide rollout of a new platform that runs non-urgent workloads when the grid is most carbon-free.
Dramatic drops in use observed in New York, California, New England; load in Texas expected to "drop off a cliff."
What if instead of always being utility customers, data centers were also energy suppliers, helping operators balance supply and demand on the grid?
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Latest research shows that massive gains in computing power are accompanied by only a modest increase in energy use, thanks to efficiency improvements and the shift to the cloud.
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The company said an accounting error boosted revenue for one of its services. It will restate years of earnings.
Cancellation blamed on delays in building 310MW transmission line
