Why Apple may be the one Big Tech company to hit its climate goals in the AI era

A decade ago, tech companies were seen as climate leaders, moving faster than the rest of corporate America in the transition to clean energy. Now, as soaring data center demand pushes them toward greater use of fossil fuels, these same companies are increasingly cast as climate villains. One analysis of 60 of the largest planned data centers in the U.S. found that they could generate more than 100 million metric tons of CO2 emissions annually, roughly equivalent to the emissions from 24 mil...