Digital Realty lines up hefty solar, wind projects for APAC datacenters
Datacenter biz Digital Realty has several renewable energy projects on the go in the Asia-Pacific region, among them a pretty hefty solar buildout.
The global datacenter operator is hoping to hit its global carbon emissions targets by lining up renewable electricity supply contracts for its facilities located in Australia and Japan, while in Singapore, solar panels are being employed to reduce the level of energy its bit barns need to draw from the local grid.
Its facility in Sydney will be matched with 100 percent renewable electricity from January 2024, the company claimed, while its hardware hall in Melbourne will initially be matched with 60 percent renewables in 2024, with a view to increasing that to 100 percent from January 2026. According to Digital Realty, at least some of its renewable energy supply will come from the Stockyard Hill wind farm about 150 kilometers away from Melbourne. This is in line with a policy of prioritizing renewable energy sources from within the same area as its datacenters are located, the company said.
Digital Realty's bit barns in Japan are operated via a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation, MC Digital Realty. The NRT10 and KIX11 colocation data halls in Tokyo and Osaka respectively will be matched with 100 percent renewable energy through the purchase of non-fossil feed-in tariff certificates from Mitsubishi's MC Retail Energy.
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