Huawei hosted the Global Digital Power Forum at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 
2023. The Forum was themed "Enabling Operator Success amid the Global 
Transition to Carbon Neutrality." Operators, industry leaders, and experts from 
around the world gathered to exchange their latest insights into the global 
energy and ICT industries. They also shared innovative solutions and best 
practices for green and low-carbon energy infrastructure, discussing how to 
help operators succeed in the pursuit of a greener future.

Charles Yang, President of Global Marketing and Sales Services of Huawei 
Digital Power, delivered a speech on "Enabling Operator Success amid the Global 
Transition to Carbon Neutrality." He highlighted that despite the global 
consensus on green development, operators continue to face challenges. 
Operators are still seeing rising electricity costs, difficulties in reducing 
carbon emissions, and stagnant growth.

Huawei is committed to integrating digital and power electronics technologies 
to help operators succeed in the pursuit of a greener future. According to Mr. 
Yang, operators can no longer be just energy consumers, but must also become 
producers and enablers amid the global transition to carbon neutrality. Huawei 
hopes to support them on this journey.

-Energy consumers: Operators will maximize energy efficiency to reduce energy 
consumption by enabling each watt to power more bits. Networks will use 
intelligent energy-saving and optimal hibernation technologies to reduce power 
consumption. Telecom sites will be simplified from rooms to cabinets or from 
cabinets to poles to improve site energy efficiency up to 97%. Data centers 
will use free cooling and AI energy efficiency optimization to reduce the PUE 
to 1.15.
-Energy producers: Operators will participate in energy generation and 
regulation to maximize the value of their infrastructure. They will deploy PV 
systems or purchase green energy at telecom sites, data centers, and campuses. 
Staggering electricity usage will also reduce electricity costs. Finally, they 
will save and make money by using lithium batteries as part of the virtual 
power plant (VPP).
-Energy enablers: Operators will use digital technologies such as 5G, AI, 
cloud, and loT to enable digital management, intelligent O&M, and a stable 
supply of both conventional and renewable energy systems. They will enable 
network-wide scheduling and AI-based fault predictions, helping build safe, 
stable, and efficient energy supply systems.

Yao Quan, President of Huawei Site Power Facility, delivered a speech on 
"Intelligent Site Power: A Key Enabler for Green and Low-Carbon Network." He 
explained that operators are reducing carbon emissions and energy expenditures 
to meet carbon neutrality targets, shoulder rising energy prices, and keep up 
with accelerated 5G network deployment.

However, conventional site power solutions have a high total cost of ownership 
(TCO) and carbon emissions. This hinders network evolution and prevents 
operators from achieving carbon neutrality. To address these issues, Huawei 
proposes intelligent site power solutions that offer 'Intelligent Simplicity', 
'Intelligent Green', and 'Intelligent Saving'. By serving as a key enabler for 
developing green and low-carbon networks, these intelligent site power 
solutions will help operators accelerate the achievement of their carbon 
neutrality goals.

Sun Xiaofeng, President of Huawei Data Center Facility and Critical Power 
Business Unit, delivered a speech on "Smart DC, Building the Green Future." The 
world is going carbon neutral, digital, and intelligent. In this context, data 
centers must deliver high energy efficiency, high O&M efficiency, agility, and 
availability to support the exponential growth of computing power. He 
introduced Huawei's solutions for all sizes of data centers and critical power 
supply solutions. These solutions enable green, simple, smart, and reliable 
data centers to facilitate low-carbon and intelligent industry development.

Experts also spoke at the forum, sharing their visions on green ICTs in the 
energy business. Their presentations are listed in order of appearance.

-Massamba Thioye, Project Executive of the UNFCCC Global Innovation Hub, shared 
his ideas on "Energy Transformation for a Net-Zero World."
-Jose Donoso, Director General of Union Espanola Fotovoltaica (UNEF) and 
Chairman of Global Solar Council, shared the "Trends of ICT Industry Use of 
Renewable Energy."
-Luis Neves, GeSI CEO, summed up the "Trends of Thousands of Industries under 
Energy Transformation."
- Hervé Suquet, SVP of Orange, presented on "Lead the future - Orange Energy 
Challenge."
-Anastasios Koumparos, Head of Energy Management, Vantage Towers, gave a speech 
on "Towers for Good – Enable a Greener Future."
-Fred Mitchell, Technical Director of K2, shared the "Practice of Building 
Green Data Center."
-Seppo Ihalainen, CEO of VerneGlobal Finland, presented their best practice 
during the speech on "Towards Zero-Carbon Data Center."

The theme for MWC 2023 is Velocity. Technological progress is accelerating and 
carbon neutrality is trending. Huawei will continue to invest in innovation, 
integrate digital and power electronics technologies, and work with global 
customers and partners to accelerate carbon neutrality. Together, we will help 
operators succeed in the pursuit of a greener future.

Source:Huawei

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