AirTrunk & CLP Power partnered for largest green energy project in Hong Kong

AirTrunk reportedly offers renewable energy options to customers across its 11 facilities in APJ

AirTrunk, a leading hyperscale data center provider in the Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) region, has joined forces with CLP Power Hong Kong, a prominent power utility in Hong Kong, for what is being hailed as the largest procurement of location-specific renewable energy certificates (RECs) in the city. This collaborative effort aligns with tech giant Microsoft's target to achieve 100% renewable energy usage by 2025. The project is set to leverage over 200 megawatts of solar power sourced from a network of installations spanning approximately 17,000 locations across Hong Kong's New Territories. Building upon an earlier partnership between Microsoft, AirTrunk, and CLP Power focused on hourly renewable energy solutions, this initiative matches the electricity consumption at Microsoft's Hong Kong data center with locally generated renewable energy from CLP Power's West New Territories (WENT) landfill gas power generation units.

Damien Spillane, AirTrunk's Chief Customer and Innovation Officer, emphasized the company's ongoing dedication to nurturing sustainable growth within the cloud computing sector. Adrian Anderson, Microsoft's General Manager for Renewable and Carbon-Free Energy, emphasized the significance of such collaborations in assisting companies like Microsoft in achieving their renewable energy targets. He praised the collaborative efforts of AirTrunk and CLP Power, stressing their role in securing additional renewable supply to support Microsoft's goal of utilizing 100% renewable energy by 2025.