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Sustainable by Design: Advancing Low-carbon Materials
As Microsoft works to advance the sustainability of its business, the company is also advancing the sustainability of the datacenter infrastructure needed to deliver cloud and AI innovations. In this column from Chief Sustainability Officer Melanie Nakagawa, learn about how Microsoft is working to decarbonize datacenters by focusing on how it builds, scales and operates, as well as its investments to help scale markets for low-carbon building materials.
Plugged In: Exploring Energy with Constellation | Episode 2 - On the Frontier of Carbon-Free Resources with Microsoft
In this episode of Plugged In, host Chuck Hanna from Constellation talks with Adrian Anderson, General Manager of Carbon-Free Electricity, Renewable Energy & Carbon Dioxide Removal at Microsoft, about advancing carbon-free energy and data-driven sustainability. Adrian shares Microsoft’s sustainability goals, including their 100% renewable energy targets, and the crucial role of data granularity for accurate carbon reporting. He highlights Microsoft’s investments in carbon reduction and innovation, such as the company’s Carbon Innovation Fund and its work in long-term power offtake agreements. They also cover the challenges and strategies around Scope 3 emissions, building carbon-free infrastructure, and fostering collaboration with utilities to support a sustainable future.
Microsoft Builds Lower-Emission Data Centers Using Wood
Microsoft is building its first data centers made with superstrong, ultra-lightweight wood in a bid to slash the use of steel and concrete, which are among the most significant sources of carbon emissions.
Microsoft Signs for Ocean Carbon Removal
Software company Microsoft signed an agreement to remove up to 350,000 tons of CO2 over the next 10 years.
Microsoft Signs for Carbon Removal
Microsoft signed a three-year agreement to permanently remove CO2 using enhanced rock weathering (ERW).
Microsoft Buys ERW Carbon Removal Credits
Microsoft announced it signed a contract for a company to deliver 8,000 tons of permanent CO2 removal.
Microsoft Signs MOU for Environmental Attributes of Low-Carbon Cement
Microsoft signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the purchase of environmental attribute certificates (EACs) to accelerate the production of low-carbon cement.
Microsoft Signs Carbon Removal Agreement
Software company Microsoft signed an agreement to receive 25,000 tons of permanent carbon dioxide removal.
Microsoft Signs Nuclear PPA
Microsoft announced the signing of a 20-year power purchase agreement that will pave the way for the launch of the Crane Clean Energy Center (CCEC) and restart of Three Mile Island Unit 1.
Maersk, Microsoft, PepsiCo Test Heavy-Duty Battery Electric Charging
A new coalition consisting of some of the world’s largest shippers and carriers, including AIT Worldwide Logistics, DB Schenker, Maersk, Microsoft, and PepsiCo, will test long-haul heavy-duty battery-electric vehicle operations along the I-10 corridor.
Microsoft Adds Solar in Singapore
Tech company Microsoft will purchase 100% of the renewable energy exported to a grid in Singapore, comprising up to 200 megawatts peak (MWp) of capacity.
Microsoft Signs for 437 MW Renewable Power
Tech company Microsoft signed a green attribute sale contract of 437.6 MW that is expected to generate over one million units of green electricity attributes annually, contributing to the company's goal to be carbon-negative by 2030.
Microsoft Partners for 500 MW Community-Scale Solar
Tech company Microsoft entered a partnership to develop up to 500 megawatts (MWac) of community-scale solar energy projects across the United States between 2025 and 2029.
Microsoft Purchases Carbon Removals
Microsoft entered into an agreement to purchase over 80,000 metric tons of carbon removals from Western Rivers Conservancy's Blue Creek Improved Forest Management Project located in Northern California.
Tech Companies Seek Supplier Action for Scope 3 Footprint
Tech companies including AWS, Digital Realty, Google, Meta, Microsoft and Schneider Electric, are calling for all suppliers serving data centers to support greater transparency in Scope 3 emissions in an effort to lower the industry's carbon footprint.
Microsoft Signs CO2 Removal Agreement
Microsoft entered an agreement to purchase 500,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits over six years, the largest single purchase of CDR credits enabled by Direct Air Capture (DAC) to date.
Microsoft Partners for Carbon Removal Credits
Microsoft signed an agreement to receive over 970,000 nature-based carbon removal credits as part of the software company’s commitment to becoming carbon negative by 2030.
Microsoft’s Datacenter Community Pledge
Microsoft has issued a Datacenter Community Pledge to build and operate digital infrastructure that addresses societal challenges and creates benefits for communities. In this column, Noelle Walsh, Corporate Vice President, Cloud Operations and Innovations, explains the Pledge's focus on three core areas: contributing to a sustainable future, advancing community prosperity and well-being, and operating responsibly as a good neighbor.
Microsoft Partners for SAF
Microsoft joined as a founding member of the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) initiative Project Runway .
Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Nucor Partner for Clean Energy
Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Nucor announced agreements to explore new and innovative approaches to support carbon-free energy generation.
Google, Meta, Microsoft, Salesforce Pledge 20M Tons Carbon Removal
Google, Meta, Microsoft and Salesforce announced the Symbiosis Coalition, an advance market commitment for nature-based removal credits in the voluntary carbon market.
Microsoft Requires Suppliers to Switch to 100% RE
Microsoft will require its main suppliers to switch to 100% renewable energy by 2030.
Microsoft to Add 10.5 GW RE in Largest-Ever Corporate PPA
Microsoft announced the signing of a global renewable energy framework agreement to contribute to the software company's goal of having 100% of its electricity consumption 100% of the time matched by zero carbon energy purchases by 2030. The five-year agreement is a first-of-its-kind global framework agreement that is almost eight times larger than the largest single corporate PPA ever signed.
Sustainable by Design: Advancing the Sustainability of AI
During the past year, the pace of AI adoption has accelerated significantly, ushering in groundbreaking advances, discoveries and solutions with the potential to help address humanity’s biggest problems. In this column, Melanie Nakagawa, Microsoft's Chief Sustainability Officer, explains how the company's commitment to responsible AI will focus on optimizing data center energy and water efficiency, advancing low-carbon materials, and improving the energy efficiency of AI and cloud services.
Microsoft Signs for 200 MW of Solar
Microsoft Corp. entered into two 200-megawatt power purchase agreements in Texas.
Microsoft Adds Illinois Solar
Microsoft agreed to purchase electricity and renewable energy credits (RECs) from a new project, Hickory Solar Park, a 110 MWac photovoltaic (PV) project located near Jerseyville, Illinois, for 15 years.
Google, Microsoft Launch Initiative to Scale Clean Energy Tech
Google LLC and Microsoft Corporation announced they will work together across the electricity ecosystem to develop new business models and aggregate their demand for advanced clean electricity technologies.
Microsoft Adds 408-MW Solar Project in Texas
Microsoft signed a long-term power purchase agreement for the full capacity of the 408 MWac Ash Creek Solar project in Hill County, Texas.
Microsoft Adds Carbon Removal Project
Microsoft signed a six-year offtake agreement to purchase 350,000 tons of carbon removal credits from an agroforestry project in Kenya.
Microsoft Adds Soil Carbon Storage Credits
Microsoft signed an agreement to receive soil carbon drawdown credits.
