Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, whose combined power usage tops 45 TWh/year, compete to buy clean energy and meet their ambitious climate goals
Standing on top of a giant wind turbine in Texas, 300 feet above the ground, Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos raised a bottle … Tweets: @daniellescave , @doug_parr , @financialtimes , @daystar_power , @glenn_carney , @hanseric , and @mande_news Tweets: Danielle Cave / @daniellescave : “The combined power usage of Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Facebook & Apple is more than 45 terawatt-hours a year, about as much as New Zealand. That amount will grow, as the rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning demands more computing power” https://www.ft.com/... Doug Parr / @doug_parr : Microsoft plan for going carbon negative by 2030 either * relies on tech for removing carbon that doesn't exist yet, or * relies on planting trees instead of getting clean energy & materials into its supply chain https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/... @financialtimes : At a time when Big Tech is facing scrutiny about its growing economic power, the largest companies have adopted some of the world's most ambitious climate targets https://www.ft.com/... Daystar Power / @daystar_power : Great read from @FT spelling out the green arms race among the world's tech giants. Some really useful infographics in here as well. Did you know that the combination of Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Apple use as much power as New Zealand? https://www.ft.com/... Glenn Carney / @glenn_carney : “Clean energy deals and climate goals are now a source of rivalry between the Big Tech companies, with significant implications for the planet.” https://www.ft.com/... Hans Eric Melin / @hanseric : A great piece which could have finished in a more positive than it does. If we want things done it will require some energy. Very inspiring how these companies approach that problem and turn it to a huge opportunity. https://www.ft.com/... via @financialtimes Rick Davies / @mande_news : The IT sector = 1.8 per cent to 2.8 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, roughly the same as the aviation sector. In US, data centres are among the fastest growing sources of new demand. https://www.ft.com/... via @financialtimes