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Microsoft 2024 Environmental Sustainability Report

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reliability

0.70

authors: Microsoft

published: 2024-05

Notes

Self-reported disclosure. 2023 water consumption rose ~23% year-over-year; company ties the increase directly to AI workload growth. Self-reporting is a reliability discount but the direction of travel is primary-source-confirmed.

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weight

0.70

method: primary_testimony · locator: Environmental Sustainability Report 2024, water stewardship section