By Reuters
Publication Date: 2026-05-06 13:13:00
May 6 (Reuters) – Microsoft is considering delaying or abandoning its 2030 goal of matching its entire hourly electricity use with renewable energy purchases, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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, the report said.
The discussions were ongoing and no final decision has been made, Bloomberg News added.
Microsoft did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Like rivals Amazon and Alphabet, the Windows maker is spending hundreds of billions of dollars to build out artificial intelligence infrastructure needed to power services such as its Copilot assistant and Azure cloud service.
Some of the new data centers tech companies are developing are expected to have multiple gigawatts of…
