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May 1, 2025
Microsoft quantifies environmental impacts of datacenter cooling from ‘cradle to grave’ in new Nature study
Sustainability
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January 9, 2025
The pasta puzzle: Decoding durum wheat’s DNA for a sustainable future
Sustainability
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December 11, 2024
3 ways AI is helping the planet
AI, Sustainability
Rendering of the completed datacenter engineered to reduce the need for steel and concrete by using wood in the floors.
October 31, 2024
Microsoft builds first datacenters with wood to slash carbon emissions
Innovation, Sustainability
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September 25, 2024
Project Guacamaya uses daily satellite images, Amazon-specific AI models in battle against deforestation
AI, Sustainability
A closeup of a hand holding a blue FIDO sensor, with an elastic band for attaching it to pipes.
September 19, 2024
AI tool uses sound to pinpoint leaky pipes, saving precious drinking water
AI, Innovation, Sustainability
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April 30, 2024
To keep fish and shrimp healthy, farmers in Indonesia now have a copilot to help
AI, Sustainability
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March 15, 2024
Microsoft's 2024 Environmental Sustainability Report
Sustainability
A male scientist assembles a coin cell by hand, using tweezers to drop in the synthesized solid electrolyte.
January 9, 2024
Discoveries in weeks, not years: How AI and high-performance computing are speeding up scientific discovery
AI, Innovation, Sustainability
Two photos, one reading optimizing datacenter energy and water, and the other reading improving energy efficiency of AI
January 1, 2024
Sustainable by design: Advancing the sustainability of AI
Sustainability
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November 16, 2023
Accelerating sustainability with AI: A playbook
Sustainability
Construction worker pours concrete into a table-top size wooden frame.
September 28, 2023
Microsoft lays foundation for green building materials of tomorrow
Sustainability