Asia-Pacific & Japan (APJ) hyperscale data centre specialist AirTrunk, and Hong Kong’s major power utility, CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power), have announced the largest site-specific renewable energy certificate (REC) procurement in Hong Kong.
This initiative aims to support their customer, Microsoft, in achieving its goal of using 100 per cent renewable energy by 2025.
Microsoft General Manager Renewable and Carbon Free Energy Adrian Anderson emphasised the importance of collaborations in achieving renewable energy goals, stating: “By leveraging the capabilities of organisations like AirTrunk and CLP Power and their presence in the Hong Kong market, we are able to secure additional renewable supply in support of our goal to use 100 per cent renewable energy by 2025.”
The renewable energy will be generated from over 200 megawatts (MW) of aggregated installed capacity of local solar sites across 17,000 locations in the New Territories of Hong Kong.
This collaboration follows the hourly renewable energy solution that matches Microsoft’s data centre electricity consumption in Hong Kong with local renewable energy from the West New Territories (WENT) Landfill Gas Power Generation Units of CLP Power.
AirTrunk Chief Customer & Innovation Officer Damien Spillane stated: “As the region’s largest hyperscale data centre provider, we continue to identify opportunities to collaborate with customers and utility providers to support the sustainable growth of the cloud.
“This agreement reinforces that multiple stakeholder collaboration is needed to help decarbonise the industry.”
AirTrunk offers renewable energy options across its 11 facilities in APJ to help customers meet their sustainability targets.
More information about AirTrunk’s progress toward Net Zero by 2030 is shared in the company’s FY23 Sustainability Report.
CLP Power Senior Director Customer Success and Experience Lena Low expressed: “We are glad to see more corporate customers have committed to larger and longer RECs procurement, demonstrating their commitment to long-term sustainability and supporting local renewable energy development.
“Together with AirTrunk, we are pleased to support Microsoft to achieve their renewable energy goals.”
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) is a Hong Kong utility subsidiary wholly owned by CLP Holdings Limited, providing a reliable supply of electricity to more than six million people in its supply area.
AirTrunk is a hyperscale data centre specialist creating a platform for cloud, content, and large enterprise customers across the Asia-Pacific & Japan (APJ) region, offering scalable and sustainable data centre solutions.
