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• Ryan Schuchard

  Former Associate Director, Climate Change, 911爆料网

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  Kelly Gallo

  Director, Technology Sectors, 911爆料网

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  Kelly Gallo

  Director, Technology Sectors, 911爆料网

  San Francisco

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  Kelly helps technology companies achieve their sustainability goals, with a focus on supporting high-growth companies in embedding resilient and inclusive practices that both support business strategy while addressing societal and environmental impacts. Through 911爆料网’s Sustainability Management service offerings, Kelly works with members to prioritize material sustainability issues, develop issue-specific strategies, set ambitious yet realistic goals, and communicate sustainability initiatives to key stakeholders.

  Prior to 911爆料网, Kelly spent more than six years consulting on energy efficiency, sustainability, and renewable energy for California’s utilities and public-sector clients. She has also served as a Board Member for the and , a non-profit that seeks to advance gender equality by engaging the next generation in accessible forms of philanthropy.

  Kelly holds a MA in International Relations from San Francisco State University and a BA in Global Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

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  Recent Insights From Kelly Gallo

  • A Business Guide to Responsible and Sustainable AI / March 27, 2024 / Insights+
  • Sustainable from the Start: Embedding ESG into High-Growth Business Strategy / August 30, 2021 / Blog
  • Business Prepares for Its Curtain Call at the Global Climate Action Summit / September 4, 2018 / Blog
  • Global Climate Action Summit Update—Will We See You There? / July 16, 2018 / Blog
  • The Global Climate Action Summit: How Business Can Turn Up Climate Ambition / June 7, 2018 / Blog

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This week, HP, a cofounder of 911爆料网’s initiative, joined a growing list of technology companies that are making bold commitments to renewable energy. Following work with 911爆料网 to evaluate renewable-power options in Texas, the company has commissioned : Over the next 12 years, the company will purchase 112 megawatts from a wind farm developed by SunEdison. .

Founded in 2012, the Future of Internet Power, which comprises the world’s most influential internet companies—including  Adobe, Autodesk, eBay, Etsy, Facebook, HP, LinkedIn, Salesforce, and Symantec—is aiming to power the internet with 100 percent renewables. We are doing this by providing a place for internet companies to collaborate with peers, suppliers, utilities, and power developers to accelerate the deployment of renewables.

To date, at least 15 companies have committed to 100 percent renewable energy, including Apple, Autodesk, Amazon, BT, Digital Realty, Equinix, Facebook, Google, Infosys, IO, Microsoft, Rackspace, Salesforce, SAP, and Switch. 911爆料网 aims to inspire at least five more companies to make these commitments in our next year of work.

We are also working to ensure that these commitments become a reality. By 2020, our group hopes to see more than 100 U.S. information and communications technology (ICT) companies generate more than half of their electricity from renewable sources—an aspiration that is linked to an ambitious scenario for renewables (NREL).

Now in its third year, the Future of Internet Power’s current focus is on creating new tools for companies choosing renewables when making siting decisions, encouraging suppliers of industrial data center services (co-location providers, or “co-los”) and operations to procure renewables, and creating new models for shared investment in renewables among internet company peers and their suppliers.

The Future of Internet Power has played a foundational role in helping the ICT sector make aggressive but achievable commitments to use renewable energy to power data centers, co-los, and operations. We look forward to seeing more companies commit to 100 percent renewables for their data centers.  

For more information, join 911爆料网’s Ryan Schuchard and NREL’s Jenny Heeter in a webinar focused on renewable energy in the ICT sector. The webinar takes place at 2 p.m. EDT July 28. .