Nxtra by Airtel announced its agreement with Ampln and Amplus Energy to procure an additional 140,208 MWh of renewable energy. With this, Nxtra has enhanced its existing commitment of reducing its carbon footprint through renewable energy sources annually by ~ 99,547 tCO2e.
As per the agreement, AmpIn Energy and Amplus Energy will set up captive solar and wind power plants of 48 MWdc and 24.3 MW, respectively for Nxtra’s data centres in Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha.
The details of the agreement are as under:
∙Power plant in Tamil Nadu in partnership with Amplus Energy – 24.3 MW Wind + 28 MW Solar | 109,798 MWh | ~77,957 tCO2e annual carbon reduction
∙ Power plant in Uttar Pradesh in partnership with AmpIn Energy Transition – 12 MW Solar | 17,880 MWh | ~12,694 tCO2e annual carbon reduction
∙Power plant in Odisha in partnership with AmpIn Energy Transition – 08 MW Solar | 12,530 MWh | 8,896 tCO2e annual carbon reduction
Ashish Arora, CEO — Nxtra by Airtel, said, “These new partnerships reflect our commitment to lead India’s green data centre space and fulfill our commitment to achieve Net Zero emission by 2031. The additional clean energy supply will increase our renewable energy share to approximately 70% in the overall energy mix for our core data centers. As we work towards building more capacity in coming years and gear up for Generative AI powered loads, we are fully cognizant of our responsibility towards environment and are prepared to mitigate the impact on climate”.
This is in addition to Nxtra’s multiple other interventions to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its operations by 100% by FY2031.