Google’s greenhouse gas emissions increased 13% year-over-year in 2023, and the growth was nearly 50% compared to 2019, amid the skyrocketing energy demand related to artificial intelligence, as per the company’s 2024 environmental report. The tech giant, which is aiming to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030, attributed the significant growth in emissions primarily to increased data centre energy consumption and supply chain emissions. According to the firm, the growth in total greenhouse gas emissions highlights the challenge of reducing emissions while compute intensity increases and it grow…