Intel Chief Sustainability Officer Todd Brady has retired from the struggling chip giant, according to his LinkedIn account.
Brady, formerly VP of global public affairs and CSO at Intel, left the company in December 2024. In a LinkedIn update, he wrote: "I'm remiss in posting, but after 29 action packed years the time has come to shift priorities, realize my goal of early retirement and embrace the title of GPa😀 . Can't thank my Intel, industry, academic and NGO colleagues enough for an amazing career! So many memories. We accomplished a lot together over the past 3 decades. Wishing all of you and your loved ones a safe and Happy New Year!"
Intel Business Challenges
Brady's departure comes at a key time for the chip company and the sustainable IT industry.
Amid booming demand for AI-optimized processors, major cloud service providers and data center companies have increasingly shifted their orders from Intel to Nvidia. And in the desktop and mobile PC markets, AI-enabled devices have yet to trigger major device refresh cycles. (Though a major Intel AI PC push is surfacing at the CES 2025 conference in Las Vegas.)
Faced with those market challenges, Intel announced mass layoffs in mid-2024. Moreover, revenue in Q3 of 2024 was $13.3 billion -- down 6% from Q3 of 2023. Amid multiple one-time charges, Intel's net loss was $16.6 billion in Q3 of 2024, the company announced on October 31, 2024. A few weeks thereafter, Pat Gelsinger resigned as CEO on December 1, 2024.
Intel Sustainability Strategy, AI Chips and Net Zero Goals
On the sustainability front, Intel:
Next up, we'll be watching Intel's Hala Point, a "neuromorphic system" that leverages a brain-like design to run AI applications more efficiently than today's AI systems, the company asserted in early 2024.
But who will lead Intel's sustainability efforts in 2025 and beyond? We're reached out to Intel for comment.
