Responsible Energy AI

Tencent: public pledge to use green power for 100% of electricity consumed by 2030 (and carbon neutrality language).
How to verify: read the pledge PDF; look for “100% … electricity … by 2030.”
NAVER: publishes a climate disclosure report and an explicit long-term pathway (“towards 2040 carbon negative”) emphasizing electricity/IDC as major emissions driver.
How to verify: use their PDF report, not third-party summaries.
NTT: states a target of zero CO₂ emissions from its data centers by 2030 (and wider group neutrality targets).
Baidu: announced goal of carbon-neutral operations by 2030, explicitly including data centers as part of the plan.
Skeptic note: public goals are not the same as proving clean electricity today; treat this as a “commitment exists” datapoint, then ask for site-level sourcing.

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres: states over 78% renewable energy usage across the group (reported in its communications).
Why it matters: a lot of AI workloads sit in third-party data centers; operator behavior affects the footprint.
Singtel (via its data-center unit): highlights energy-efficient, AI-oriented data-center builds (efficiency ≠ clean supply, but it’s part of the footprint equation).

Hetzner: says its Germany data centers have used hydropower since 2008, and Finland since 2018, with certificates available.
How to verify: their sustainability page + certificates.
OVH cloud: publishes quantified scope targets (e.g., scope 1–2 reduction vs 2022 by 2025; scope 3 intensity target), plus sustainability reporting.
Akamai: Has public 2030 goals including 100% renewable energy and net-zero across its platform. Also describes funding wind/solar projects as part of reaching those targets.

Google: commits to 24/7 carbon-free energy by 2030 (a stricter standard than annual “100% renewable”).
And you can point to concrete supply procurement tied to data centers (e.g., geothermal deals reported in 2026).
Anthropic: commits to paying 100% of grid upgrade costs tied to its data centers and addressing consumer price impacts—this is unusually specific about local grid harm, even if it’s U.S.-focused.
NVIDIA: states it purchased/generated enough renewable electricity to match 100% of global electricity usage in FY25, and publishes a sustainability report.

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