科技巨头们的真实碳排放量还能隐瞒多久？

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Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse? 数据中心排放量可能比大型科技公司声称的要高出662%。它们还能继续隐瞒真相吗？ Big tech has made some big claims about greenhouse gas emissions in recent years. But as the rise of artificial intelligence creates ever bigger energy demands, it’s getting hard for the industry to hide the true costs of the data centers powering the tech revolution. 近年来，大型科技公司对降低温室气体排放的目标做出了诸多重大声明。但随着人工智能的兴起，对能源的需求日益增长，该行业越来越难以掩盖推动科技革命的数据中心所带来的真实成本。 According to a Guardian analysis, from 2020 to 2022 the real emissions from the “in-house” or company-owned data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple are likely about 662% – or 7.62 times – higher than officially reported. 根据《卫报》的分析 ………………………………