The adoption of cloud technology by businesses in India can help save $24 billion between 2022-30 and reduce 60 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions if cloud operators source 100 per cent of energy from renewable sources, a senior official of customer relationship management firm Salesforce said on Thursday.

While sharing findings of a survey, Salesforce India Vice President for Solution Engineering Deepak Pargaonkar said there can be 48 million tonnes carbon dioxide reduction between 2022-30 if businesses migrate to cloud.

"Data centre capacity in India is expected to be one gigawatt...For such a huge capacity, if the cloud providers actually start using renewable energy, then it will actually have a lots of impact even in 2022 and the same impact by 2030 will be 60 million metric tonne of carbon dioxide emission reduction. I think movement is happening in that direction," he said.

According to the report, India could gain approximately $11 trillion by 2070 by leading decarbonisation efforts and transitioning to a green economy. Salesforce, in collaboration with YouGov and Access Partnership, commissioned the 'Trail to Net Zero for India' report which gathered insights from over 1,000 businesses in the country.

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Ambitious target

The survey found that 83 per cent of respondents support a more ambitious target of net zero by 2050; 40 per cent believe the government should be doing more to address climate change; and 79 per cent support the provision of subsidies and incentives to businesses for the development of renewable energy technologies.

Also, 58 per cent of the businesses responded that achieving a net zero economy in India by 2050 will result in more jobs, while 84 per cent noted the importance of technology in achieving the net zero target.

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