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State Council unveils carbon peak pathway
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Fusion42 · 10 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
China's State Council has published a five-year action plan (2026-30) to reach peak carbon emissions before 2030, targeting a 17% reduction in CO2 per unit of GDP and raising non-fossil fuel energy to 25% of total consumption. The plan includes dedicated provisions for green computing infrastructure, requiring new data centres to operate primarily on renewable energy and tightening efficiency standards across the sector.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Climate Tech.
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If you build or operate data centres in China, you now have a regulatory mandate to source renewable power and meet tightening efficiency standards - and this is a 2026-30 enforcement window, not a 2050 aspiration. The constraint is real; the buyers (digital platforms, cloud providers) are already locked into this compliance path.
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