Google Aims for Net-Zero Emissions by 2030 with Carbon-Free Energy and Innovative Sustainability Initiatives.

Google’s 2023 Environmental Report details how the tech giant is to achieve net-zero emissions across all of its operations and value chain by 2030, and measuring progress. The company has a goal to operate all of their data centers and office campuses on carbon-free energy 24/7 by 2030. In addition to smart temperature and lighting controls, it captures and uses heat generated by servers to heat offices and signed power purchase agreements for approximately 2.8 gigawatts of clean energy capacity. Google is undertaking a number of facilities-level initiatives to reduce emissions and improve the energy efficiency of its data centers, including using natural, low-global warming potential refrigerants and smart temperature, lighting controls at its data center, as well as LEED-certified office space and facility electrification. The firm recently opened an all-electric Bay View campus at its Googleplex in Mountain View, California, which utilizes a geothermal installation and water retention ponds to reduce the amount of water typically used for data center cooling by 90%.