Mobile industry electricity consumption

Mobile operators in Asia Pacific spent around $7 billion on energy in 2024, consuming 50 TWh of electricity and 350 million litres in diesel and gasoline.

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APA

GSMA. (2024). GSMA calls for greater renewable energy access to enable mobile industry’s net zero transition in Asia Pacific. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/gsma-calls-for-greater-renewable-energy-access-to-enable-mobile-industrys-net-zero-transition-in-asia-pacific/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_A4XTVB5WB9H8Y4E5ZQB1FK1005

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MLA

GSMA. "GSMA calls for greater renewable energy access to enable mobile industry’s net zero transition in Asia Pacific." 2024, https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/gsma-calls-for-greater-renewable-energy-access-to-enable-mobile-industrys-net-zero-transition-in-asia-pacific/. Accessed 17 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_A4XTVB5WB9H8Y4E5ZQB1FK1005.

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Chicago

GSMA. "GSMA calls for greater renewable energy access to enable mobile industry’s net zero transition in Asia Pacific." 2024. https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/gsma-calls-for-greater-renewable-energy-access-to-enable-mobile-industrys-net-zero-transition-in-asia-pacific/. Accessed September 17, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_A4XTVB5WB9H8Y4E5ZQB1FK1005.

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BibTeX

@misc{gsma2024mobilefk1005, author = {{GSMA}}, title = {GSMA calls for greater renewable energy access to enable mobile industry’s net zero transition in Asia Pacific}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_A4XTVB5WB9H8Y4E5ZQB1FK1005}, note = {Original source: https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/gsma-calls-for-greater-renewable-energy-access-to-enable-mobile-industrys-net-zero-transition-in-asia-pacific/. Accessed September 17, 2026.} }

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