Belgian data center firm LCL Data Centers has powered up three wind turbines in Belgium with a combined capacity of 6.9MW. Each turbine will have a capacity of 2.3MW and, according to the company, will contribute to LCL’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2030.
Laurens van Reijen, managing director of LCL Data Centers, said: “One of the KPIs that we included in our first sustainability report, two years ago, was to produce 40 percent of the energy we consume by 2030. LCL wants to link energy generation to its production, in this case via our own wind turbines.”
LCL links its climate neutrality to its commitment to the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi). The SBTi initiative targets a 42 percent reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 and a commitment to offset the remaining emissions through sustainable projects, such as replacing diesel fuels with hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO).
