Google 2025 environmental report: AI expansion causes electricity use to rise 37%, operational carbon emissions fall 2%

Google's 2025 Environmental Report shows that although the expansion of AI infrastructure caused the company's electricity consumption to surge 37% year-on-year, hitting a record high, operational carbon emissions fell 2% year-on-year. This is mainly due to large-scale procurement of renewable energy, improved data center efficiency, and optimized full-stack AI computing performance. Google has achieved 100% renewable energy electricity matching for nine consecutive years.