Infosys, the country’s second-largest information technology services company, is pushing the use of renewable energy to reduce its carbon footprint. It is installing solar power plants that can produce 55 Mw of electricity by end of next year. This would cater to close to a third of its annual energy requirement.
“By December, we would be commissioning 15 Mw of solar plants in our campuses, including a 7-Mw solar power plant, set up at our new campus in Hyderabad. We would also be adding 40 Mw next year,” said Ramdas Kamath, executive vice-president and head of infrastructure, facilities, administration. Last year, Infosys consumed 257 million units for all its facilities in the country.