Table 2.
Reported electricity consumption and location-based scope-2 emissions in sustainability reports of selected companies
| Reporting metric | Reporting scope | Unit | Company (year of most recent environmental report publication) and reporting period |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon (2025) |
Apple (2025) |
Baidu (2025) |
Google (2025) |
Meta (2025) |
Microsoft (2025) |
Oracle (2025) |
Tesla (2025) |
Tencent (2025) |
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| CY 2024 | FY 2024 | CY 2024 | CY 2024 | CY 2024 | FY 2024 | CY 2023 | CY 2024 | CY 2024 | |||
| Electricity consumption | total company | MWh | – | 3,776,000 | 1,207,350 | 32,106,200 | 18,423,634 | 29,829,540 | 3,623,170 | 2,355,046 | 6,429,610 |
| total data centers | MWh | – | 2,515,000 | – | 30,825,600 | 18,061,781 | – | – | – | – | |
| Scope-2 emissions (location based) | total company | tCO2 | 17,760,000 | 1,224,500 | 777,439 | 11,283,200 | 5,967,348 | 9,955,368 | 1,149,400 | 754,000 | 3,642,095 |
| total data centers | tCO2 | – | – | – | – | 5,862,615 | – | – | – | – | |
| Implied carbon intensitya | total company | tCO2/MWh | – | 0.32 | 0.64 | 0.35 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.57 |
| data centers only | tCO2/MWh | – | – | – | – | 0.32 | – | – | – | – | |
Companies may report data over calendar years (CYs; January 1–December 31) or fiscal years (FYs). In the latter case, the reported data do not correspond to a CY, as companies may choose the start and end dates. Apple’s FY 2024 ended on September 28, 2024. Microsoft’s FY 2024 ended on June 30, 2024. Apple, Google, and Meta are the only companies reporting electricity consumption for both the total company and data centers. In these cases, data centers respectively represent 67%, 96%, and 98% of total electricity consumption. Likewise, data center carbon emissions at Meta represent 98% of total company carbon emissions. Implied carbon intensity is obtained by dividing the reported carbon emissions by the reported electricity consumption. −, value is not reported/cannot be determined.
Amount of reported scope-2 carbon emissions per unit of reported electricity consumption.