Mobile industry energy expenditure

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7 billionUSD
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Asia-Pacific · 2024

Mobile industry energy expenditure in the Asia-Pacific totalled 7 billion USD in 2024 (GSMA).

Original source
Publisher
GSMA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Key findings from the report
Retrieved
17 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

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_AEEEKC9AA27M89X1ZNWE07VZMS
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_AEEEKC9AA27M89X1ZNWE07VZMS.
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_AEEEKC9AA27M89X1ZNWE07VZMS.
BibTeX
@misc{gsma2024mobile07vzms, 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_AEEEKC9AA27M89X1ZNWE07VZMS}, 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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Primary Source

Publisher
GSMA · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
GSMA calls for greater renewable energy access to enable mobile industry’s net zero transition in Asia Pacific
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
Key findings from the report
Retrieved
17 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
See source

Verification & Integrity

Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_AEEEKC9AA27M89X1ZNWE07VZMS