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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Aisha Down and Dan Milmo

Datacentres drive up big tech’s carbon emissions to a third of those of France

A person works inside a Microsoft datacentre in Wisconsin, US
Inside a Microsoft datacentre. The company’s carbon emissions rose by 25 % over the past year to 20m TCO₂e. Photograph: Audrey Richardson/Reuters

Microsoft, Amazon and Google’s collective carbon emissions have increased by nearly a fifth in the past year, driven largely by datacentre construction.

In the financial year ending March 2026, the three tech companies emitted 119m mTCO₂e (metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent), or about a third of those of France.

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