ESG - Alibaba Group

Decarbonization

Water conservation

Waste management

Goals

100%

Starting from 2030, Alibaba Cloud will be 100% powered by clean electricity.

1.3

The annual average PUE across Alibaba Cloud's self-built data centers will not exceed 1.3.

Carbon neutrality

Alibaba Cloud pledges to achieve carbon neutrality in Scopes 1, 2, and 3 by 2030.

Progress

73.6%

Clean electricity accounted for 73.6% of the electricity mix at Alibaba Cloud's self-built data centers.

1.187

The annual average PUE across Alibaba Cloud's self-built data centers dropped to 1.187.

40.8 %

The share of clean electricity was 40.8% at Alibaba Cloud's leased data centers worldwide.

21.856 million tons

Alibaba Cloud achieved 21.856 million tons of avoided emissions.

Practices

Tech-driven efficiency

Resource transition

Ecosystem coordination

Liquid cooling for servers

We utilize advanced direct-contact liquid cooling to boost heat dissipation efficiency for servers and lower energy consumption.

Liquid cooling for servers

Upgraded power supply architectures

Leveraging technical validation data and operational experience from the Panama power supply, Alibaba Cloud is scaling up the deployment of HVDC architectures to simplify step-downs and conversions, reducing heat generation and energy loss. Our latest data centers support these architectures up to 800V.

Upgraded power supply architectures

Waste heat recovery

Alibaba Cloud partners with municipal authorities to recover waste heat from data centers using advanced heat exchange technologies and repurpose it for district heating. This practice improves energy efficiency and contributes to urban energy conservation, delivering both economic and ecological benefits.

Waste heat recovery

Intelligent O&M algorithm

Alibaba Cloud's intelligent O&M strategy integrates electrical, HVAC, and control expertise for precise optimization. As of March 31, 2026, the intelligent O&M algorithm had been deployed across 24 self-built data centers.

Intelligent O&M algorithm