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As major carbon emitters in an increasingly data-driven world, data centers must use less energy. Enter Huawei's CloudFabric 3.0 - a leading solution for the green development of data center networks.
By Deng Xinrui, Marketing Manager, Data Center Network Domain
According to the NGO Global Carbon Project, global carbon emissions in 2020 reached 34 billion tons. As 34 billion tons is a relatively abstract concept, Scientific American blogger Caleb Scharf gives us a much more intuitive calculation using the carbon dioxide emissions from a burning forest as an example: Burning one acre of coniferous forest releases 4.81 tons of carbon dioxide, so 34 billion tons of carbon emissions is equivalent to burning nearly about 30 million square kilometers of coniferous forest — three quarters of the world's total forested area.
This alarming statistic highlights the need for a concerted global effort to prioritize carbon neutrality. While 66 countries and regions have set carbon-neutrality goals to reduce carbon emissions to protect the planet, only Bhutan and Suriname have achieved carbon neutrality. And with the rapid development of cloud computing, big data, AI, and other digital technologies, data centers are increasingly hungry for computing power and bandwidth. As major carbon emitters, data centers face growing pressure as a priority for reducing energy consumption.