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

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Podcast: [Soundside](https://stenobird.com/podcast/soundside-4634392)
Published: 2026-05-12T22:02:44+00:00
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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.

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