It’s ok because they’re the biggest buyer of nonexistent CO₂ removal on the planet. 🙃

https://www.distilled.earth/p/microsofts-latest-data-center-project

Microsoft's Latest Data Center Project Could Boost It's Emissions by 40%

The company will run 1.35 GW of Nvidia's latest chips on 100% natural gas

Distilled

@davidho

'Well, you see, it's okay to create things that consume huge amounts of power in Azure, because we can power Azure entirely by renewable energy' (actual quote from a former colleague at Microsoft, who was active in sustainability things, who didn't seem to understand that electricity is fungible).

@davidho it’s like they have a plan and we just aren’t included.

Have you found a rational explanation for what seems to be collective giving up on climate by the tech industry? Was it always just marketing? So much is already baked in and it’s far worse than the average person understands but giving up is not an option. These people have children too, they can’t all be sociopaths

#climatecollapse #ai