Huawei Technologies highlights the importance of Green ICT

Huawei Technologies highlights the importance of Green ICT

- Green ICT is vital to enable the ICT industry to reach the goal set by the Paris Agreement to reduce carbon emissions by 45% within this decade, highlighted Mr. Alex Wang, Senior Vice President of Huawei Carrier BG Marketing

Dubai, UAE: Huawei Technologies, a global leader in information and communications technology (ICT) solutions, emphasized the crucial role of green ICT development in ensuring sustainable digital economic growth during a keynote delivered by Mr. Alex Wang, Senior Vice President of Huawei Carrier BG Marketing, at the SAMENA Leaders’ Summit.

In his address, Mr. Wang highlighted the evolution of intelligence and the need for co-development between ICT and energy technology. “Much like human evolution, our technology has evolved to become increasingly intelligent. Today, computing capability has grown by leaps and bounds and consequently, the corresponding energy consumption is also increasing. We firmly believe that green and low-carbon development, as well as digital and intelligent transformation are the two main forces driving the fourth industrial revolution forward.”

Green ICT deployment is considered a prerequisite for sustainable digital economic growth. Mr. Wang emphasized that digital technology advancements provide new opportunities to achieve sustainability while meeting user experience requirements. He identified the density of connections, computing power,