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The much-anticipated fifth China International Import Expo has created a refreshing "green carbon reduction wind". The elements of "green, environmental protection, and sustainability" can be seen everywhere in the major exhibition areas, or in restaurants and other related supporting facilities outside the exhibition area.
Undoubtedly, "green and low-carbon" is no longer confined to a higher level of cognition or concept, but has entered the operation and development of thousands of enterprises. The industry has clearly realized that green and low-carbon are closely related to sustainable development.
Then the question arises: In the current industrial environment, what is the relationship between sustainable development and digital transformation?
Accenture has already given the answer: "If an enterprise pays attention to digital transformation technology and sustainable development at the same time, it will be 2.5 times more likely to surpass its peers under the joint promotion of these two growth engines."
As the world's leading cloud computing company, Amazon Cloud Technology held a media communication meeting a few days ago. With detailed cases and positive practices, it brought a valuable zero-carbon "open class" to the majority of enterprises.
According to Gu Fan, general manager of the strategic business development department of Amazon Cloud Technology Greater China , as early as 2019, Amazon jointly launched the "Climate Declaration", announcing that it will achieve zero carbon emissions in all business lines by 2040. The goals of the Agreement were brought forward by ten years.
For direct carbon emissions, Amazon has purchased 100,000 electric trucks and plans to deliver them before 2030; for existing traditional trucks, Amazon is also preparing to replace the entire fleet with new ultra-low-carbon fuels in 2023.
In response to the indirect carbon emissions caused by the purchase of electricity, Amazon's response strategy is to vigorously promote the use of renewable energy. At present, Amazon has invested in 379 renewable energy projects around the world, and installed photovoltaic equipment on the roofs of as many as 225 Amazon buildings.
In fact, as of the end of 2021, Amazon's business operations will use renewable energy for 85% of its energy-a staggering proportion for all types of companies in the world.
For carbon emissions in the upstream and downstream of the supply chain, Amazon uses AI and other technologies to reduce redundant packaging as much as possible and improve transportation efficiency in terms of cargo sorting and delivery. Judging from the current situation, the effect is very prominent.
If the above means are "explicit", then there are actually quite a few "invisible" measures. For example, Amazon Graviton, the self-developed chip of Amazon Cloud Technology, has evolved to the third generation.
Since the first generation, Amazon Graviton has shown stronger performance and lower energy consumption than mainstream chips in the market, and in the subsequent evolution, "speed improvement and consumption reduction" has always been the direction of Amazon Graviton's product roadmap one. Amazon Cloud Technology already has more than 20 Graviton2-based hosting services for customers to choose from. At the same time, its self-developed Amazon Graviton3 computing chip can save 60% of energy consumption under the same conditions.
In the data center, Amazon Cloud Technology actively uses clean energy such as wind power and photovoltaics. Through advanced fluid modeling methods, it optimizes the cooling air ducts of the data center, and even uses special low-carbon concrete, as well as evaporative cooling and water circulation equipment. Reduce carbon emissions comprehensively.
Taking multiple measures at the same time, how can the effect not be outstanding?
However, this is far from all. In addition to "hard" means, Amazon Cloud Technology also uses "soft" means to continuously reduce energy consumption and reduce carbon emissions to the extreme.
According to Gu Fan, through the Amazon Carbon Footprint Tool, companies can not only clearly understand the carbon emissions of existing workloads, but also predict possible future carbon emissions based on historical data, so that they can reduce emissions in real time.
In this way, Amazon cloud technology has closely linked green, low-carbon and sustainable development, which has also received positive responses from more and more companies. At present, Amazon has led more than 300 companies to join the "Climate Declaration" and jointly fulfill their commitment to green and low carbon with practical actions.
Goldwind Zero Carbon is an important partner of Amazon Cloud Technology in the energy field. Hu Jiang, assistant to the president of Goldwind Technology and executive director and general manager of Tiancheng Tongchuang, said that the cooperation between the company and Amazon Cloud Technology can help enterprises win the right to survive and develop under the background of double carbon, and realize high-quality, efficient and sustainable double carbon. carbon transition.
With the technical support of Amazon cloud technology, Goldwind Zero Carbon has built a complete and modern "3 carbon reduction 1 platform zero carbon solution", which can realize rapid development, deployment and iteration, and integrate the zero carbon solution in the cloud. delivered to the customer.
It is reported that in the development of the platform, Amazon Cloud Technology has brought the world's leading Internet of Things, data analysis, as well as artificial intelligence and machine learning-this kind of innate and inherent advantages can be said to make Goldwind Zero Carbon's platform win At the starting line.
Hu Jiang emphasized that the cooperation between Goldwind Zero Carbon and Amazon Cloud Technology is long-term. In the future, it will focus on technical fields such as ESG, carbon data lake, and carbon blockchain, and strive to promote Goldwind Zero Carbon's solutions to more Multi-industry fields and application scenarios, contribute to the digital transformation and sustainable development of enterprises, and contribute to the country's dual-carbon strategy.
"Amazon Cloud Technology is an open partner with industry-leading insights and a high sense of social responsibility. Goldwind Zero Carbon is very pleased to establish trust and cooperation with Amazon Cloud Technology, and will work together to help enterprises achieve high-quality, sustainable development and a win-win new era." Hu Jiang said.
