Greening the Signal: Net Zero in Telecom

India has announced a net-zero emissions target by 2070 at#COP26. This will have direct implications on Telecom, non-conventional Energy supply, transport system -like EV, Industry Automation, Health care systems like air quality and finally the education system to source new vertical knowledge resources.

For telecom this will have a direct impact on the growth and ecosystem:
1. Data Centers which are expected to use 75,000MW in next five years in a distributed architecture enabling edge computing at around 8000 locations
2. Telecom towers in which 20% opex is energy and is quite big numbers due to volume. expected to incase 30-40% due to digital transformation
3. Carbon emission by of DG and find alternative like variable green energy and battery innovations
4. Use of solar sites for air conditioning- pooling with Solar fridge at rural locations
5. For the short and mid-term find out a viable solution for telecom services restoration with a focus on DR-DC, path diversity, media diversity, strict process and governance

With AI-ML and Data analytics, there will be emphasis of Auto site switch off, power optimization, resource sharing, new opportunities with software-based tools will emerge to offer value add in net zero emissions with…