Google's goal of reducing its emissions to zero by 2030 will be very difficult to achieve – the development of AI is consuming more and more energy, which increases emissions.
This is evident from an environmental and climate report from Alphabet, Google's parent company.
Since 2019, greenhouse gas emissions from operations have increased by 48 percent, and since 2022 by 13 percent. It is the company's server halls and data centers, and supply chains, that are increasing energy consumption as AI is integrated into the company's products and services.
Another giant in the field, Microsoft, has previously announced that their emissions have increased by 30 percent since 2020, largely due to AI development.
According to an analysis by the news agency Bloomberg, the facilities that tech giants are planning in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and Ireland require more energy than what renewable energy can cover.
