Kstar, a leading data center infrastructure supplier, announced that China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology awarded its plant in Guangming New District, Shenzhen, the National Green Factory. The award is another "green achievement" received by Kstar following being selected as the corporate representative to be featured in the Corporate Net Zero Pathway report issued by UN agencies to recognize corporates' efforts to achieve carbon neutrality. 

The Green Factory Certificate aims to select enterprises with the highest level of recognition for their efforts in driving sustainability. Green Factory refers to the intensive use of land, harmless raw materials, clean production, waste recycling, and low-carbon energy. This year's list includes 662 Green Factories across the nation.   

Green Facility with Low Carbon Energy 

Committed to being a responsible company with goals to minimize environmental impact and foster a healthy community, Kstar has long been advocating green growth. In the early stage of the plant construction, the facility developed a rooftop PV system that can generate about 0.6 million kilowatt hours of green electricity annually, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 220.4 tons. 

Green Supply Chain

Kstar has also built a sustainable development system running through the whole supply chain and acquired ISO 14001, a global certification that recognizes excellent environmental management systems since 2005. The company has pledged to work only with suppliers that adhere to social and environmental standards. Throughout manufacturing, Kstar reduces energy waste by using non-hazardous materials, energ-saving equipments, and recycling resources. As a result, the plant

Green Products & Solutions 

In recent years, China has been accelerating the transformation toward clean and low-carbon energy. In this process, Kstar's advanced products, technologies and solutions play an important role in the country's rapid development of clean energy. 

In the data center industry, Kstar offers a full range of products, including energy-star certificated UPS solutions, 30% energy-saving variable-frequency precision air conditioner, and modular data center solutions with PUE lies in 1.2 that helps to lower the power consumption of the data centers. In the PV and Energy Storage industry, the company's PV and ESS solutions have participated in several large-scale PV power station and residential ESS projects worldwide with a total installment of 42GW.

Kevin Shen, head of the product department at Kstar, said:" We are glad to receive the National Green Factory recognition from the Chinese government. The award recognizes the KSTAR team's efforts to improve operational efficiency while reducing environmental impact. In the future, KSTAR will keep developing technology and solutions to accelerate the green transition towards a carbon-neutral, sustainable, and resilient society. "