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Microsoft Pledges to Become Carbon Neutral by July 1

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Microsoft Pledges to Become Carbon Neutral by July 1
Weeks after coming under fire for using excessive energy for cloud computing, Microsoft announced it will become carbon neutral across all of its operations starting July 1.

Weeks after coming under fire for using excessive energy for cloud computing, Microsoft announced it will become carbon neutral across all of its operations starting July 1.

The software giant pledged to turn green all of its data centers, software development labs, air travel, and office buildings.

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