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energy-efficient way to run all of your infrastructure and your business ,” describes Adam Selipsky , CEO at AWS .
Microsoft aims to deliver on 2030 sustainability commitments Microsoft has set an ambitious goal to become carbon negative by 2030 , while by 2050 the company says it will have removed its historical emissions since its founding in 1975 .
Microsoft ’ s data centres are designed to maximise energy efficiency , which substantially cuts both electricity usage and its ecological footprint . Microsoft is
Data centre electricity use is set to double
by 2026
AWS , Microsoft and Google account for
65 %
of the worldwide cloud market steadily progressing in terms of renewable energy , targeting a shift to 100 % renewable by 2025 .
Azure places high urgency on water conservation , employing advanced cooling methods that reduce water consumption . In 2022 , it launched Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability , a comprehensive suite of enterprise-grade sustainability management tools . Microsoft has also helped to advance a set of global sustainability initiatives that aim to benefit every person and organisation on the planet .
“ Microsoft ’ s own sustainability is our first sphere of influence , and we remain focused on getting our own
72 April 2024