• In 2020, Microsoft announced a moonshot commitment to become carbon negative by 2030 - accelerating work across our company to advance the partnerships and technologies needed to advance sustainability for our businesses, our customers and the world. • A key milestone on this journey was our aim to match 100% of our annual global electricity consumption with renewable energy(1) by 2025. • Today, we are pleased to share that Microsoft has achieved this milestone(2). • This progress helps drive investment into the power systems where we operate, expand clean energy supply and advance broader energy innovation. • Over a decade of investment: 40 gigawatts of new renewable energy contracted What began in 2013 with a single 110 megawatt (MW) power purchase agreement (PPA) in Texas - a small first step to demonstrate how corporate procurement could scale clean energy(3) - has evolved into one of the largest clean energy portfolios in the world. • This first deal not only supported Microsoft’s early cloud services but also set in motion a decade of commercial partnerships and learning-by-doing that served to demonstrate how corporate demand for advanced energy solutions can help to achieve a more affordable and sustainable power system, while supporting reliability for customers.

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  • Microsoft has reached a key milestone in its 2030 carbon‑negative goal by matching 100 % of its global electricity use with renewable energy, a target set for 2025. The achievement follows a decade‑long procurement program that has secured 40 GW of new renewable capacity across 26 countries, with 19 GW already online. This portfolio is expected to power roughly 10 million U.S. homes, cut Scope 2 CO₂ emissions by about 25 million tonnes, and mobilise billions of dollars in private investment. Microsoft’s procurement model has also helped lower transaction costs and broaden access to financing for clean‑energy projects worldwide.

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