Intel has to reach Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions across its global operations by 2040.

The chip manufacturer this week commit to reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its Scope 1 and 2 emissions, by 2040.

“Intel has been a leader in sustainability results for decades. With leadership comes responsibility. We’re now raising the bar and entering an exciting era to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across our operations by 2040,” said Keyvan Esfarjani, executive vice president and chief global operations officer at Intel. “This will require significant innovation and investment, but we are committed to do what it takes and will work with the industry to achieve this critical mission.”

The company has previously pledged to net positive water use, 100 percent green power, and zero waste to landfill by 2030.

This week the company updated its 2030 goals, adding it planned to invest approximately $300 million in energy conservation at its facilities, and new factories and facilities would be built to meet US Green Building Council LEED standards.

Intel is also to launch a new ‘cross-industry R&D initiative’ to identify greener chemicals with lower global warming potential and to develop new abatement equipment, and would be working towards reducing Scope 3 emissions and creating a ‘net-zero greenhouse gas semiconductor manufacturing value chain’.

On the data center side, Intel said it is partnering to launch liquid immersion cooling pilot deployments for data centers across cloud and communications service providers, with companies such as Submer.

“Through partnership with Intel, Submer is able to scale a validated immersive cooling solution that saves energy while providing the ability to capture and reuse the subsequent thermal heat,” said Daniel Pope, co-founder and CEO of Submer. “This will fundamentally change the way data centers are built and operated.”