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Intel committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from its global business
According to the latest report, Intel Corporation today announced plans to further reduce direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions and develop more sustainable technology solutions.
Intel promises net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, with specific goals to improve the energy efficiency and carbon footprint of Intel products and platforms and work with customers and industry partners to develop solutions to reduce the Greenhouse gas footprint of the entire technology ecosystem.
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Moreover, Intel is committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions (also known as Scope 1: Direct Emissions and Scope 2: Indirect Emissions) across its entire operations by 2040.
Intel’s top priority is to aggressively reduce emissions in compliance with international standards and climate science. Only after exhausting other options will Intel use reliable carbon offsets to meet its goals.
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Use 100% renewable electricity in global operations.
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Invest approximately $300 million in facility energy savings to achieve cumulative energy savings of 4 billion kWh.
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Construction of new plants and facilities that meet the U.S. Green Building Council LEED program standards, including recently announced investments in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
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Launch a cross-industry R&D initiative to find chemicals with a lower global warming effect and are more environmentally friendly and to develop new abatement devices.
These goals further strengthen Intel’s commitment to sustainable business practices, including its RISE strategy. Intel has reduced its cumulative greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 75% over the past decade compared to no investment and action.
Furthermore, Intel is also working to address climate impacts, also known as Scope 3 emissions, caused by its upstream and downstream value chains. Intel’s Scope 3 emissions strategy focuses on partnering with suppliers and customers to proactively take action to reduce overall emissions.
Intel will work with suppliers to identify areas for improvement, including increasing suppliers, focusing on energy conservation and renewable energy sourcing; improving chemical and resource efficiency, and leading a cross-industry coalition for semiconductors transitioning to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions Production value chain support.
To accelerate progress, Intel is committed to working with suppliers to reduce supply chain greenhouse gas emissions by at least 30% by 2030 compared to no investment and action. To support customers’ sustainability goals and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the use of Scope 3 products, Intel will increase the energy efficiency of its products and continue to drive the performance improvements that the market demands.
Intel is setting a new goal of delivering a 5x performance-per-watt increase in the next-generation Falcon Shores architecture, which integrates CPU and GPU. The company’s 2030 goal remains the same to increase the energy efficiency of its client and server microprocessor products by a factor of 10.
To help customers achieve platform carbon reductions, Intel is scaling its innovations in the following areas:
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Innovation in layout, sizing, and modularity of all internal components to reduce motherboard size.
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Continue to improve system energy efficiency and display efficiency to drastically reduce overall power consumption.
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Use bio-based printed circuit boards for efficient separation of materials and components during recycling and overall reduction of e-waste.
Besides, Intel also set a new goal to reduce emissions associated with client form factor reference platform designs by more than 30 percent by 2030. These measures are taking shape with the introduction of Dell’s Concept Luna prototype device. Developed by Dell in partnership with Intel, the device showcases the future possibilities of sustainable PC design.
In addition, Intel is working with hundreds of customers and industry partners to develop solutions to meet the demand for exponentially increasing computing power while operating more efficiently and with less power. For example, Intel is working with companies like Submer to enable pilot deployments of liquid immersion cooling for data centers across cloud and communications service providers. The solution applies new principles such as heat recovery and reuses through liquid immersion cooling.
“The warm water state captures 99 percent of the heat generated by IT equipment, with essentially no energy loss, and at higher temperatures. Submer, in partnership with Intel, has been able to implement a proven liquid immersion cooling solution at a scale that not only saves energy but also The ability to capture and reuse subsequent thermal energy. This will fundamentally change the way data centers are built and operated.”
Increasing the use of renewable energy is a key step in reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. Intel has developed a solution that can be integrated into existing energy grid infrastructure to create a smarter grid that can adapt to changing energy demands and energy sources.
Intel and some of the world’s largest utility operators formed the Edge for Smart Secondary Substations Alliance to modernize grid substations and better support renewable energy. France’s largest grid operator, Eenedis, recently joined the alliance, upgrading more than 800,000 secondary substations with a solution that provides real-time control of the entire network.
Intel’s programmable hardware and open software also provide customers with the ability to implement greener solutions. For example, Japanese telecom operator KDDI used Intel Xeon Scalable processors and Intel’s comprehensive power management and artificial intelligence capabilities in a trial in its data center equipped with 5G communication facilities to adjust power consumption according to demand, so that the overall power consumption is reduced by 20%.