20250324 - AI data centers: Microsoft steps on the gas

CO₂ number go up! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/24/ai-data-centers-microsoft-steps-on-the-gas/ Microsoft tempted to hit the gas as renewables can't keep up with AI: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/13/microsoft_natural_gas_ai/ Feasible deployment of carbon capture and storage and the requirements of climate targets: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-02104-0 Global Status of CCS 2024 (PDF): https://www.globalccsinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Global-Status-Report-6-November.pdf 7 Things to Know About Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration: https://www.wri.org/insights/carbon-capture-technology Real datacenter emissions are a dirty secret: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/22/datacenter_emissions_not_accurate/ Previously: Google and Microsoft are getting dirtier. They can't help it, it's AI!: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/07/04/google-and-microsoft-are-getting-dirtier-they-cant-help-it-its-ai/ OpenAI asks the US government for the moon on a stick (because CHINA): https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/14/openai-asks-the-us-government-for-the-moon-on-a-stick/ Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VxrrCdMdL0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Microsoft plays down AI bubble, cancels data center leases: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/24/microsoft-plays-down-ai-bubble-cancels-data-center-leases/ [Correction! I said in the video that Microsoft cancelled 1GW of data centers. They actually cancelled 200MW and didn't proceed with 1GW. But I can't re-upload the video without changing the URL.] How I make the Pivot to AI videos: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/23/how-i-make-the-pivot-to-ai-youtube-videos/ Buy me better podcasting kit: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Send money! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5