Google表示，尽管AI资料中心的快速扩张让人们对逐小时清洁电力匹配是否切实可行产生疑虑，但该公司仍致力于其到2030年的24/7无碳能源目标。Google新加坡与马来西亚国家总经理Ben King在新加坡一场会议上表示，公司的逐小时匹配目标仍然维持不变，这意味著在其营运的每个地区，每一小时的用电都应由清洁能源支撑。

在有报导称Microsoft可能会放弃自身2030年逐小时匹配目标之后，这场辩论变得更加激烈，而此举将带来重大的排放后果。文中引用的一项最新研究称，在同一电网上于同一小时将用电量与清洁电力相匹配，减少二氧化碳排放的效果比年度匹配高出42倍。Google是第一家承诺24/7清洁电力的主要公司，早在2018年就已讨论这一想法，但它也将这项努力称为一场moonshot，并表示这比年度目标复杂得多、技术挑战也大得多。

Google最新的永续发展报告称，平均而言，公司约有三分之二的时间使用无碳能源，而某些地区办公室和资料中心的清洁电力使用率超过90%。公司的立场与整个产业更广泛的反弹形成对比：包括Amazon和Apple在内的60多家公司最近敦促Greenhouse Gas Protocol不要要求逐小时匹配。这意味著，该行业正分裂为一边是对2030年清洁能源的雄心主张，另一边是AI驱动电力需求所带来的实际限制；尽管面临营运挑战，Google仍公开坚持更严格的标准。

Google said it is still committed to its 24/7 carbon-free energy target for 2030, even as the rapid expansion of AI data centers raises doubts about whether hourly clean-power matching is realistic. Ben King, Google’s country managing director for Singapore and Malaysia, said at a conference in Singapore that the company’s hourly matching goal remains in place, meaning every hour of electricity use should be backed by clean energy in every region where it operates.

The debate has intensified after reports that Microsoft may back away from its own 2030 hourly matching target, a move that would have major emissions consequences. A recent study cited in the article says matching consumption with clean power in the same hour on the same grid can cut carbon-dioxide emissions by 42 times more than annual matching. Google was the first major company to pledge 24/7 clean power, discussing the idea as early as 2018, but it has also called the effort a moonshot and said it is far more complex and technically challenging than annual targets.

Google’s latest sustainability report says it used carbon-free energy about two-thirds of the time on average, while some regions exceeded 90% clean-power use for offices and data centers. The company’s stance contrasts with broader industry pushback: more than 60 companies, including Amazon and Apple, recently urged the Greenhouse Gas Protocol not to require hourly matching. The implication is that the sector is split between ambitious 2030 clean-energy claims and the practical limits created by AI-driven power demand, with Google still publicly holding to the stricter standard despite the operational challenge.