Intelligence Update
As emissions soar, operators look to carbon capture
During 2024 and 2025, a new trend emerged: many large data center builders and operators reported increases in their Scope 2, location- and market-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventories, reversing their efforts toward net-zero commitments. While this shift does not indicate a loss of commitment to those goals, it is an inevitable result of the rapid growth in energy demand driven by data center expansion.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) and other analysts project that a menu of wind, solar, nuclear, geothermal and natural gas generation assets will be required to meet the projected 75-125 GW of new electricity demand.
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