PM645A 3BSE010536R1 In his speech at the seminar, Fang Xingjian said that we are experiencing a grand industry transformation a
nd upgrading. “When we talk about digitization, we’re not talking about a single thing or an individual, we’re actually talking
about using digital technology to effectively and efficiently connect the various points of internal and external processe
s and make them intelligent.”
He also mentioned that he fully agrees that industrial digital upgrading, that is, the deep integration of digital technology and the real e
conomy, is one of the important pillars of China’s national digital economy development strategy.
Fang Xingjian especially mentioned the massive data generated in the industrial digital upgrade and the energy consumption of the da
ta center industry. “With the rapid development of industries such as 5G, cloud computing, e-commerce, smart devices and artificial i、
ntelligence, the demand and production of data have increased dramatically. Nearly 90% of the world’s data has
been generated in the last two years.”
At the same time, digital infrastructure such as data centers will also usher in explosiPM645A 3BSE010536R1 ve growth. In China, fo
r example, the entire year of 2022, the national data center power consumption reached 270 billion KWH, accounting for about 3% of
the whole society’s electricity consumption. In 2021, the national data center power consumption will be 216.6
billion KWH, twice the cumulative power generation of 103.649 billion KWH of the Three Gorges power Station in the same period.
It can be said that the green development of data centers has been widely concerned. Fang Xingjian also said that “improving energy
efficiency in the data center industry is a key area, especially for China as it strives to achieve the goal of ‘two-carbon’.”
Danfoss, Denmark’s largest industrial group with leading positions in cooling, heating, transmission and power systems, also aims to
be its customers’ preferred business partner for decarbonisation.
“Danfoss has been working with partners around the world to improve the energy efficiency and sustainability of data centers a
ound the world, including those owned by major technology companies such as Facebook.” Fang Xingjian said there
is a similar practice in China, “using the opportunity of digital infrastructure construction tPM645A 3BSE010536R1 o cooperate with local counterp
arts to provide green technologies and solutions such as efficient refrigeration, industry coupling
and green electricity for banks, telecom companies and well-known companies in Internet technology.”
