Microsoft is considering shelving or revising its 2030 clean energy target, according to reports citing Bloomberg News. The company’s assessment is linked to the rapid growth in electricity demand driven by investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure, including systems needed to run services such as Copilot and Azure. Microsoft is spending hundreds of billions of dollars to expand data centre and power capacity to support AI workloads, the reports say. As AI adoption increases, the company’s power consumption is expected to rise faster than forecasted under its earlier clean-energy planning assumptions. The reporting indicates that this could affect the timing or feasibility of meeting the original target by 2030, though no final decision has been announced. The issue reflects how large-scale AI deployments can strain existing energy and procurement plans, potentially requiring adjustments to renewable energy build-out schedules and other electricity sourcing strategies. Microsoft has not publicly confirmed the scope of any changes as described in the reports, but the discussion centres on aligning sustainability goals with near-term operational power needs tied to AI growth.