Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) hyperscale data centre specialist AirTrunk has signed a solar power purchase agreement with Hong Kong utility provider CLP Power to help its customer, Microsoft, achieve 100% renewable energy by 2025.
Data Centre Dynamics reported the deal will see AirTrunk purchase renewable energy certificates (RECs) from CLP Power to offset the electricity consumed by its Hong Kong data centre, where Microsoft is a tenant.
The renewable generation will come from 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.
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“This agreement reinforces that multiple stakeholder collaboration is needed to help decarbonise the industry,” said AirTrunk chief customer and innovation Officer Damien Spillane.
“CLP Power will continue to work with our business customers to help them save energy and minimise their carbon footprint in support of the Hong Kong SAR Government’s long-term decarbonisation goal,” said CLP Power senior director customer success and experience Lena Low.
“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% renewable energy by 2025. These types of collaborations are key as we continue to move toward meeting our renewable energy goals,” said Microsoft general manager renewable and carbon free energy Adrian Anderson.