Microsoft to keep buying enough renewable energy to match all its electricity needs

Microsoft to keep buying enough renewable energy to match all its electricity needs

By Padraic Halpin
Publication Date: 2026-02-18 16:03:00

Microsoft has promised to keep buying enough renewable energy to match all its electricity needs after meeting that goal for the first time last year, as tech giants ramp up capital expenditure on an AI-fuelled expansion of power-hungry data centres.