Powering the Digital Future: Can Hong Kong Meet AI Energy Demand and Its Decarbonisation Targets?

AI adoption and the rapid expansion of data-centre infrastructure are poised to become Hong Kong’s largest new source of electricity demand. With compute-intensive workloads driving multi-gigawatt requirements across major markets globally, Hong Kong must reconcile digital-economy growth with the city’s 2035 and 2050 decarbonisation commitments. This session examines the real-economy implications: grid capacity constraints, land and power availability, clean-energy sourcing, regional import dependencies, and the role of efficiency and next-generation cooling technologies. Speakers will explore whether Hong Kong can scale digital infrastructure without compromising its climate trajectory and what policy, investment and governance changes are required.

Session Learnings:

• Understand projected AI/data-centre energy demand and grid impacts in Hong Kong.
• Assess infrastructure and clean-energy requirements for sustainable digital-economy growth.
• Explore regulatory, planning and efficiency pathways that maintain climate-target alignment.

Post-Event Actions:

• Engage utilities on long-term capacity and clean-power sourcing needs.
• Incorporate digital-infrastructure energy scenarios into corporate transition plans.
• Review opportunities for high-efficiency cooling, design optimisation and on-site generation.