Petronas, a Malaysia-based oil and gas firm, through its subsidiary Amplus Solar has entered into a long-term renewable energy agreement with Microsoft for a 100-megawatt (MW) solar project in Rajasthan

The project is currently under development by Amplus Solar, according to the official press release.

According to Bacho Pilong, senior vice-president - project delivery and technology, Petronas, the collaboration fortifies their common commitment to leverage digitalisation and technology to achieve sustainability’s triple bottom line of people, planet, and profit.

“We hope this will spur and catalyse more cross-industry synergy to collectively bring forth a better tomorrow,” Pacho added.

It added that both companies are also planning to develop the energy industry’s first Digital Sustainability Core to drive the effective application of digital technology to power environmental sustainability.

The co-innovation effort will be focused on building an intelligent platform powered by data and artificial intelligence to support Petronas’ decarbonisation efforts while establishing a unified sustainability data hub to record, report, and reduce emissions.

“To achieve a net zero carbon future, we believe in partnering with every industry to harness the power of technology to address the climate challenges we are confronted with today,” said Jean-Philippe Courtois, executive vice-president and president, National Transformation Partnerships, Microsoft.

Microsoft pledged to have 100 per cent renewable energy supply for all its operations by 2025, including its data centers, buildings, and campuses.