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sustainabletall.bsky.social • 49 days ago

Microsoft builds first datacenters with wood to slash embodied carbon emissions

https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/sustainability/microsoft-builds-first-datacenters-with-wood-to-slash-carbon-emissions/

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galenpardee.bsky.social•49 days ago

This has to be one of the few instances where embodied carbon is a drop in the bucket vs carbon produced by all the functions of the building though, no? Seems awfully close to the old “LEED Platinum but surrounded by parking” situation we love so much in the US

singleaspect.bsky.social•49 days ago

Thank you. I was about to write "bit like repainting the front door isn't it considering the energy useage?" but you saved me the trouble

kab-i.bsky.social•49 days ago

I wonder though how much this would offset the emissions made from Microsoft’s AI products?

ekstromenator.bsky.social•49 days ago

There is not any sustainable in Microsoft, this is greenwashing?

micahlohr.bsky.social•49 days ago

I love mass timber and admit that i'm not a fire protection knower but is wood really appropriate for the massive electric load of a data center? Especially if there are significant lithium backup batteries involved?

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