TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Delta Electronics Chair Cheng Ping (鄭平) said the company has rolled out energy-saving solutions that combine AI technology with power grid management to help companies meet sustainability goals.
Cheng said the solutions will be applied across transportation systems, power grids, buildings, and factories. He added the company has developed multiple energy-saving systems and tested them internally, highlighting their potential for wider industry use, per CNA.
Delta said its self-developed Delta Sustain X energy management platform can be used in factories and data centers to monitor electricity consumption, manage power usage, and track carbon emissions.
The company has also developed solid oxide fuel cell technology that generates electricity using natural gas or hydrogen. It said the system is a key component for distributed power grids and AI data center power supply, and is being tested at its facility in the Southern Taiwan Science Park.
Delta has expanded development of medium- and high-voltage power management systems. It added that as AI-driven power demand continues to rise, energy management and power dispatch in data centers are expected to become key priorities for industries.
According to the International Energy Agency, global data center electricity consumption is projected to rise 2.5 times over the next 10 years. Cheng said AI data centers still have significant room to improve energy efficiency.
A 1% improvement in efficiency at a 100-megawatt data center could save enough electricity to power about 1,000 households for a year, Cheng noted. He forecast that AI technology could help reduce global energy consumption by 13.5 exajoules over the next 10 years, equivalent to Taiwan’s electricity use over 13 years.
Cheng further projected that AI applications are expected to shift from centralized cloud data centers to regional and enterprise-level edge computing devices. He added that AI-powered systems are likely to develop into agent-based models that work in coordination with robotics.
