Episode

Microsoft set ambitious climate goals. AI is making them hard to meet.

Podcast: Soundside
Published: May 12, 2026
Duration seconds: 1341
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Summary

As Microsoft's investment in AI data centers expands, their goals of becoming carbon net negative have begun to decline. Bloomberg's Alastair Marsh joins Soundside to discuss.