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How the ICT industry can become the catalyst for green development across industries
Yao Wenbing, Vice President, Huawei UK discuses how the ICT industry is uniquely placed to leverage energy efficiency as a means of accelerating green development across various sectors.
T
he global energy crisis is impacting all our lives. Worryingly, experts warn that rocketing prices for households and businesses are yet to reach their peak. Ensuring security
of supply is a top priority for governments, and accelerating the shiſt towards home-grown, renewable energy is becoming a widely favoured, long-term solution. However, while focusing on supply we shouldn’t forget about the
other driver of scarcity: demand. Tis is where technology can play its part. According to GeSI’s
SMARTer2030 report, the ICT industry will have a significant and far-reaching impact on making the world greener. Te report finds that by embracing ICT technologies, other industries will be able to reduce their own carbon emissions significantly, resulting in a global carbon emissions reduction of 20%. ICT therefore has a unique opportunity to contribute towards green development across whole economies. Acknowledging this reality reveals a key insight: now, more than ever, there is scope for a fully-integrated, sector-based strategy to
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drive us towards a modern and efficient energy infrastructure. And, while all sectors have a part to play in bolstering the transition to a low-carbon world, the ICT industry is uniquely placed to have the most transformative impact.
Why ICT? Delving into network infrastructure helps us realise where meaningful gains can be made. It is important to start by noting that throughout the entire life
cycle of network equipment, just 2% of its carbon emissions are generated during manufacturing. Te ramifications of this become all the clearer if we examine the
case of data storage. Huawei’s own research predicts 1 YB (that’s approximately a million trillion MBs) of global data will be stored in the cloud by 2030. If the infrastructure then comprises greener, all-optical transmission technologies, we could be looking at up to 150 million tons of carbon emissions being saved each year through enhanced storage practices alone. Put more tangibly, this
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