China’s tech firms not adopting renewable energy goals fast enough: Greenpeace
China’s tech firms are not adopting clean energy “fast enough” to mark their commitment towards carbon neutrality, though more Chinese internet companies have begun to procure renewable energy and are disclosing greenhouse gas emissions data, environmental group Greenpeace said in a report on Wednesday.
The report says China’s data centre industry is a significant and growing source of CO2 emissions – energy consumption from the sector is on track to increase 66% between 2019 and 2023; while in 2018, data centres in China were powered 73% by coal.
By 2023, electricity consumption from the industry is projected to rival that of Australia.
