PLDT Inc. through its information and communications technology arm ePLDT Inc. has partnered with Manila Electric Co.’s (Meralco) MPower to use renewable energy (RE) supply for the group’s data centers in the country.
Through the partnership, MPower will provide RE for a significant portion of the total consumption for each of ePLDT’s VITRO data center. This is the largest RE supply MPower will provide to a commercial data center operator and will be sourced from its greenfield RE plants.
The RE transition is expected to reduce greenhouse and carbon emissions in the data centers by up to 20 percent which translates to about 924,000 tree seedlings grown for 10 years, according to the Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator of epa.gov.
The use of RE supply will initially be rolled out in six VITRO data centers, while the other four will later on advance as part of ePLDT’s sustainability workplan.
PLDT currently operates 10 data centers in key areas in the country. It plans to invest P5 billion to build its 11th data center in the next two to three years to support the growing demand of enterprise clients. – Myla Iglesias
