The Global Computing Consortium (GCC) established the Special Interest Group on Energy Saving and Decarbonization on December 20, 2024 in Beijing. The founding meeting was attended by nearly 40 representatives from universities and research institutions, R&D and production enterprises, operators, new-type household appliance manufacturers, third-party testing and certification bodies, and other units in the computing field online and on-site.

An expert committee was set up to enhance the strategic planning and systematical progress of the special interest group, which is composed of renowned professionals such as Guan Xiaohong, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Experts from the Branch of Resource and Environment Research of CNIS, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., the Cloud Computing & Big Data Research Institute of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), and related institutions were invited to make special reports on issues including the standardization progress of energy efficiency of computing infrastructure, ICT equipment facilitating green transformation, and technological application of green data centers.

Authorized by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the GCC is an international non-profit social organization. The Special Interest Group will focus on the coordinated development of digitalization and greenness, welcome the participation of relevant international and domestic parties, strengthen international cooperation and exchanges, promote the energy-saving and low-carbon development of the computing industry, and boost the all-round green transformation of economic and social development by digital technologies, to realize the goals of carbon peak and neutrality.