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Microsoft bets a carbon removal bake-off will help offset its skyrocketing AI emissions | TechCrunch

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Microsoft and the Royal Bank of Canada are pre-purchasing 10,000 metric tons of carbon over 10 years .

The company has committed to being carbon negative by 2030 , but its emissions have skyrocketed 40% since 2020 .

Microsoft and RBC will start receiving carbon credits by June .

The project developer Deep Sky is hosting a bake-off of sorts to see which one can do it best.

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