The Guardian
Big Tech's Carbon Emissions Now Rival France's, Thanks to All Those Chatbots
Microsoft, Amazon, and Google's emissions hit 119m mTCO₂e - one-third of France's - as AI datacentre construction boom undoes years of climate progress.
2026-07-12
The Guardian
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