America’s Western Digital piloting green energy at Thai plant
Two American firms are joining forces with Thai regulators to achieve green manufacturing in the Kingdom, as Thailand strives to meet its climate commitments and decarbonize its industrial sector.
Western Digital, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of hard drives and data storage technologies, said last week that it will partner with Indiana’s solar panel firm INNOPOWER and Thailand’s Energy Regulatory Commission to pilot the use of renewable energy at its production plant in Thailand under a special green tariff initiative.
The Kingdom is the second-biggest exporter of hard drives in the world and accounts for 40 percent of all hard-drive exports. While Thailand is…
