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As part of its mission to rapidly grow its green energy footprint, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s digital communications solutions provider, has commissioned a 14 MWp captive solar power plant to meet the energy requirements of its core and edge data centres in Uttar Pradesh.
The facility in is the first of the two solar plants being set up by Airtel in partnership with AMP Energy. The second plant at Begampur, is expected to go LIVE in the next quarter.
This will provide a major boost to Airtel’s initiatives to reduce its carbon footprint. Airtel had acquired 26 per cent equity stake in AMP Solar Evolution as part of its commitment to green energy-based solutions.
Data Centres, play a key role in the digital ecosystem and have large power requirements. ‘Nxtra by Airtel’ currently operates 10 large and 120 edge data centres across India.
During FY 2022, it aims to meet over 50 per cent of its power input through renewable energy sources and contribute to Airtel’s commitment to reducing its carbon footprint.
Airtel is aligned to the Paris Climate Accord. It benchmarks against global standards and transparently publishes the progress it makes against the targets it has set itself. The company is proactively implementing clean fuel-based power solutions for its towers, data centres, switching centers and other facilities.
In FY 20, the company has achieved an average Carbon Emission reduction (CO2 /PB) of ~114 per cent from the base year 2011-12 against Department of Telecom’s target of 30 per cent.
