Microsoft may shelve 2030 clean energy target as AI lifts power use

Microsoft is considering delaying or abandoning its 2030 goal of matching its entire hourly electricity use with renewable energy purchases,The expensive and energy-intensive push for data centers ‌is reshaping ⁠the feasibility ⁠of Microsoft’s climate commitments that were made before the AI era and rank among the industry’s most ambitious targets. Some of the new data centers tech companies are developing are expected to have multiple gigawatts of capacity. A single gigawatt is enough to roughly power 750,000 ‌U.S. homes. The rush to power those data centers has sparked a flurry of deals, including those for ⁠nuclear energy. It has also boosted demand for natural gas, which some industry executives have said is faster and easier to deploy than renewables. Do you 100% green energy is sustainable ?