took the top three spots among cloud providers because of their climate commitments, increase in renewable energy procurement and data transparency, according to Greenpeace.
China’s data centres and related infrastructure have become a major source of energy consumption and carbon emissions. In 2020, data centres and 5G networks in China together consumed 201 billion kilowatt hours of electricity, roughly the same as the combined consumption in Beijing and Shenzhen. Carbon emissions from the nation’s digital infrastructure are projected to reach 310 million tonnes in 2035 from 123 million in 2020, according to a separate Greenpeace last year.
The ranking, released annually since early 2020, has seen an increasing number of Chinese technology companies make rapid progress towards cutting carbon emissions, according to Greenpeace Asia.achieve net-zero emissions by 2060 However, the report found there is still room for improvement among China’s cloud services and data centre providers to achieve a significant climate impact. For example, GDS was the only company whose renewable energy use exceeded 30% in 2021. All other ranked companies utilise less than 10% renewable energy or have not disclosed renewable energy usage data.
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