Though AI technology still threatens to undermine benefits.
Microsoft has shared an update on its sustainability efforts on Xbox from the past three years.
The reduction is largely due to two initiatives.
This can reduce power use by 20 times compared with Sleep mode.
Microsoft has committed to becoming carbon negative, water positive, and zero waste by 2030.
“Gaming brings joy to players, but we recognize it also has an impact on our environment.
Our commitment to our players and the industry is to work to improve that impact in a responsible way.
“Innovative solutions continue to emerge through deep collaboration with our players, developers, and the industry.
However, these efforts on Xbox are somewhat undermined by Microsoft’s broader push for AI technology.
That means Microsoft will need access to green steel and concrete, as well as less carbon-intensive chips.
“In 2020, we unveiled what we called our carbon moonshot.
That was before the explosion in artificial intelligence,” Microsoft president Brad Smith toldBloomberg.
I guarantee there’s one way to fail: It’s to give up.”
“We are focused on PPAs as a primary strategy.”
Elsewhere, the company is looking to boost efficiency of its existing data centres and source cheap renewable power.
