Baidu
Cloud ProviderLegal name: Baidu, Inc. · HQ: CN · Public (BIDU) · Founded 2000
Search and AI cloud provider, developer of the ERNIE model family and Kunlun AI accelerators. Its Yangquan facility was China's first data center certified carbon-neutral at the highest (5A) level; group operations target carbon neutrality by 2030.
Disclosure Quality
Score
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Transparency Grade
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Grades run T-1 (most transparent) to T-5 (least transparent).
Score computed from OpenButterfly T1–T6 disclosure framework audit. Confidence tier: C (Estimated, Documented Method).
Environmental Metrics
Fiscal year 2026. Each metric is shown at its most recent available year; rows from a different year are marked.
Confidence tiers: A measured and verified · B company-reported · C documented estimate · D uncertain estimate · E modeled · ND not disclosed.
Total Energy Consumption
4.7 TWh
≈ the annual electricity use of 443,000 US homes
method: known_capacity_model
Source: OpenButterfly pipeline
Scope 1 Emissions
40 kt CO₂e
≈ the annual emissions of 8,802 passenger cars
method: scope1_ratio_model
Source: OpenButterfly pipeline
Scope 2 Emissions (market-based)
2.02 Mt CO₂e
≈ the annual emissions of 440,000 passenger cars
method: grid_carbon_model
Source: OpenButterfly pipeline
Scope 3 Emissions
4.11 Mt CO₂e
≈ the annual emissions of 893,000 passenger cars
method: scope3_ratio_model
Source: OpenButterfly pipeline
Water Withdrawal
5.6 GL
≈ 2,234 Olympic swimming pools of water
method: wue_model
Source: OpenButterfly pipeline
Property-Line Noise (estimated)
~56.2 dBA at property line
method: cooling_load_noise_model
Source: OpenButterfly pipeline