On April 12, the 2023 Intel Sustainable Development Summit Forum with the theme of "Sustainable Future" was held in Beijing. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, Intel Senior Vice President, Chairman of Intel China Wang Rui, heads of Intel's business units and nearly 400 guests from the industry attended the forum. At the forum site, Kissinger delivered a keynote speech on "Creating a Sustainable Future Together", emphasizing that Intel is accelerating the pace of achieving sustainable development through systemic changes, technological innovations, and industry-wide cooperation. Recently, Intel has also participated in the formulation of cold plate group standards as a major contributor to promote the construction of low-carbon and energy-saving data centers. Cao Xueqin, deputy secretary-general of the Chinese Institute of Electronics, also attended the forum.
Promoting sustainable development and mitigating the adverse effects of climate change is an ambitious and long-term project. Kissinger mentioned in his speech that we are in the era of digitalization of everything, technology is changing every aspect of our lives, and chips are the driving force for all this to happen. Intel is using five super-technical strengths, namely ubiquitous computing, ubiquitous connection, infrastructure from the cloud to the edge, artificial intelligence, and sensing and perception to boost the fusion of digital and real . Entering the digital age and building a sustainable future is inseparable from the coordinated development of digitalization and greenization.
"Intel has always been committed to creating a new era of sustainable computing. On the one hand, Intel integrates the concept of sustainable development throughout the design of products, platforms, software and services; at the same time, we work together to practice sustainable development of suppliers, manufacturers and distribution In addition, Intel also supports partners to achieve sustainable development goals by promoting open innovation." Kissinger said, "We are encouraged by the positive goals of China's ecological partners in terms of sustainable development. Continue to use its technology and expertise in the fields of personal computers, data centers, and smart edges to support China's digital economy development and sustainable development goals, help create a sustainable future, and truly practice the grand purpose, which is to create technology that changes the world, For the benefit of every human being on the planet'."
Practicing sustainable development is also a key focus of Intel's China 2.0 strategy. Wang Rui said: "Sustainable development is inseparable from the mutual synergy of 'digital x green'. On the one hand, Intel practices in its own production and operation. Sustainable development, and at the same time, join hands with Chinese ecological partners to promote digital technology to empower intelligent governance and protection of the ecological environment, and through industry collaboration, promote the integration of sustainable computing into the digital innovation of thousands of industries, and jointly move towards a sustainable future .”
In the era of digital economy, the data center has become the base supporting the rapid development of the digital economy. While its scale is ushering in rapid growth, it is also facing the urgent requirement of low carbonization. Chen Baoli, vice president of Intel Data Center and Artificial Intelligence Group and general manager of China, shared Intel's initiatives and achievements in detail around the innovation of processor hardware, systems, software and tools. Among them, Intel participated in the formulation of the cold plate group standard as a major contributor. The standard was jointly compiled and released by Intel and more than 20 ecological partners in the industry. It aims to reduce the industry and technical threshold by standardizing the cold plate liquid cooling technology. At the same time, Intel and its ecological partners have promoted cost optimization measures and accelerated the implementation of solutions through measures such as simplifying design and selecting alternative materials. Based on Intel's latest-generation data center platform, Intel is also working with local server manufacturers to promote the innovation of immersion liquid cooling to accelerate the implementation of immersion liquid cooling solutions and realize the cooling solution support for the next generation of more powerful computing power products. In addition, the Green Data Center Technology Framework 2.0, which was born to help ecological partners create lower-carbon and energy-saving solutions and reference designs, was also released on the same day. Based on version 1.0, this framework penetrates the concept of sustainability into raw materials at the source And in the design, through degradable PCB, responsible material plan and modular server design, etc., the overall life cycle energy consumption of the data center is greatly reduced.
As an important productivity tool and an important source for people to obtain information, PC also faces the need of sustainable development. In his speech, Zong Ye, general manager of the client and distribution platform business department of Intel China, explained that Intel works with partners to make efforts from the four key links of "design, manufacture, use, and recycling", start from the goal and realization path, and implement The low-carbon green computer concept of "from cradle to cradle" full life cycle helps the low-carbon and sustainable development of the PC industry.
The 5G network, power grid, and transportation network in the new infrastructure have effectively opened up the flow of information, energy, and people. They are the main artery to promote the high-quality development of China's economy, and its sustainability is particularly important. Guo Wei, general manager of Intel China's Internet of Things and Channel Data Center Division, shared how Intel gathers ecological power in the field of new infrastructure, and through network and edge technologies, it works with partners to create low-carbon energy-saving solutions and connect to a sustainable digital future.
Intel joins hands with ecosystem partners to build a sustainable future
For a long time, Intel has been practicing the mission of "leading to a sustainable future through sustainable computing" with practical actions. In the future, Intel will continue to give full play to its advantages and influence, and contribute to sustainable development through its own technology and industry cooperation.