Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Hardware Manufacturer

Legal name: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. · HQ: US · Public (AMD) · Founded 1969

Second-largest AI accelerator designer (Instinct GPUs, EPYC CPUs). Fabless — manufacturing sits with TSMC and is captured in Scope 3. Publishes annual corporate responsibility reporting with product energy-efficiency goals; supply-chain water and embodied carbon are not fully attributable.

Disclosure Quality

Score

45/100

Transparency Grade

T-3

partial disclosure

Grades run T-1 (most transparent) to T-5 (least transparent).

Red flags identified (1)

  • RF-06 · Supply-chain environmental impact not disclosed

See the disclosure audit below for details.

Fiscal year 2026. Score computed from OpenButterfly T1–T6 disclosure framework audit. Confidence tier: C (Estimated, Documented Method).

Environmental Metrics

Fiscal year 2026. Each metric is shown at its most recent available year; rows from a different year are marked.

Confidence tiers: A measured and verified · B company-reported · C documented estimate · D uncertain estimate · E modeled · ND not disclosed.

Total Energy Consumption

279 GWh

≈ the annual electricity use of 27,000 US homes

method: known_capacity_model

Source: OpenButterfly pipeline

C

Scope 1 Emissions

5,110 tCO₂e

≈ the annual emissions of 1,111 passenger cars

method: scope1_ratio_model

Source: OpenButterfly pipeline

E

Scope 2 Emissions (market-based)

31 kt CO₂e

≈ the annual emissions of 6,665 passenger cars

method: grid_carbon_model

Source: OpenButterfly pipeline

D

Scope 3 Emissions

1.07 Mt CO₂e

≈ the annual emissions of 233,000 passenger cars

method: scope3_ratio_model

Source: OpenButterfly pipeline

E

Water Withdrawal

223 ML

≈ 89 Olympic swimming pools of water

method: wue_model

Source: OpenButterfly pipeline

D

Property-Line Noise (estimated)

~53.2 dBA at property line

method: cooling_load_noise_model

Source: OpenButterfly pipeline

E

Disclosure Audit

Show 5 disclosure checks (T1–T6 framework)
T1.1

Total electricity consumption disclosed

Own-operations energy disclosed in Corporate Responsibility data tables (fabless — small footprint).

Fully Disclosed
T2.3

Scope 3 GHG emissions (manufacturing) disclosed

Scope 3 categories reported, but manufacturing emissions at TSMC are not attributed per product line.

RF-06 (Supply-chain environmental impact not disclosed)

Partial
T3.1

Total water withdrawal disclosed

Own-operations water disclosed; fab water borne by TSMC.

Fully Disclosed
T5.1

Semiconductor manufacturing environmental impact disclosed

Climate Transition Plan covers supply-chain decarbonization; no fab-level environmental data.

RF-06 (Supply-chain environmental impact not disclosed)

Partial
T6.1

GHG accounting methodology documented

GHG Protocol referenced; annual CR reporting for 30 years.

Fully Disclosed

Sources

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