Amazon’s emissions increased 6 percent last year, as the e-commerce and cloud computing giant continued to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) efforts and build out its data center footprint.
The company’s total emissions ticked up from 64.38 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2023 to 68.25 metric tons in 2024, according to its annual sustainability report.
“Today, in virtually every corner of Amazon, we’re using generative AI to make customers’ lives better and easier — and while we’ve made a lot of progress, we’re still at the relative beginning,” Amazon wrote. “One of the biggest challenges with scaling AI is increased energy demands for data centers.”
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