REG-TOTAL Total and Microsoft Partner to Drive Digital Innovation and Net Zero Goals

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11/03/2021 07:45

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Total and Microsoft Partner to Drive Digital Innovation and Net Zero Goals

 

TOTAL (Paris:FP) (LSE:TTA) (NYSE:TOT):

Total and Microsoft today announced that they have agreed to collaborate as
strategic partners to further digital transformation and support progress
toward net-zero emissions.

The dynamic development of Microsoft and Total in their respective areas of
expertise and their rich histories of innovation brings many concrete
opportunities for collaboration over a multi-year timeframe:


 * Total’s global presence and market knowledge can support Microsoft's
sustainability objectives, including its 2025 target for renewable energy and
contribute to the energy efficiency and carbon footprint reduction efforts of
its datacenters.


 * Total will further leverage the cloud platforms of Microsoft. Total has
decided to accelerate its IT transformation and leverage the power of Azure
for digital transformation projects and for Total Digital Factory. Total will
broaden and enrich its existing modern workplace environment, based on
Microsoft Office 365 which will provide collaboration and productivity
solutions for its employees and its operations. Total will also explore the
value of the Power Platform to automate business processes, reduce cost and
allow easier access to data for its citizen developers.


 * Explore and co-innovate on areas of collaboration around sustainability,
further digital transformation and AI solutions accelerating the transition to
a net-zero economy, for example, the deployment of low-carbon and
carbon-removal technologies.

As part of its sustainability objectives, Microsoft aims to eliminate its
dependency on diesel fuel by 2030. Total, through its affiliate Saft, will
support Microsoft in its development of a long-term roadmap to diesel-free
operations, initially by helping Microsoft assess the suitability of various
Total technologies as part of Microsoft’s portfolio of onsite backup energy
assets, including:


 * Diesel genset displacement: Microsoft sees large-scale batteries as a key
component on its path to eliminate dependency on diesel fuel, which is used in
generators to provide backup power for datacenters. Microsoft and Total
established a partnership to assess the long-term feasibility of deploying
large batteries as backup power for critical infrastructure. This assessment
is being carried out with the help of Saft, a global leader in backup power
batteries.


 * Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Batteries play a critical role within
Microsoft’s datacenter infrastructure. Saft batteries will provide
additional values to help Microsoft improve its specifications to its UPS
suppliers and ultimately meet its sustainability goal. Those values are energy
savings, higher safety, lower Cobalt, and a self-powered monitoring system to
ensure optimized system availability.

Microsoft has made a public commitment to use 100% renewable energy by 2025.
Total’s ambition is to reach 35 GW of renewable electrical capacity in 2025
and then nearly 100 GW in 2030. Total will assist Microsoft to secure
renewable energy through power purchase agreements (PPAs). A first PPA of 47
MW has been agreed for Microsoft’s Spanish operations.

Microsoft and Total are also working on emerging technologies critical to a
net-zero pathway and digital solutions that can accelerate their adoption.

“The rapid development of Total and Microsoft in their areas of expertise
brings many opportunities of cooperation for both companies, who are at the
forefront of the fight against climate change” said Patrick Pouyanné,
Chairman and CEO of Total. “We are committed to bringing our expertise by
selling green electricity to support Microsoft in achieving its sustainability
goals, and we’re pleased to rely on Microsoft’s cloud and AI solutions to
accelerate our digital transformation. This is fundamental to drive progress
towards a world with net-zero emissions”.

“We have an enormous opportunity to use advances in digital technology to
reduce greenhouse emissions,” said Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft. “Our
strategic partnership with Total will apply the comprehensive power of
Microsoft cloud platforms to accelerate Total’s transition to new energies
and to meet sustainability goals.”

Total, renewables and electricity

As part of its ambition to get to net zero by 2050, Total is building a
portfolio of activities in renewables and electricity that should account for
up to 40 % of its sales by 2050. At the end of 2020, Total's gross power
generation capacity worldwide was around 12 GW, including 7 GW of renewable
energy. Total will continue to expand this business to reach 100 GW of gross
production capacity from renewable sources by 2030 with the objective of being
among the world's top 5 in renewable energies.

About Total

Total is a broad energy company that produces and markets fuels, natural gas
and electricity. Our 100,000 employees are committed to better energy that is
more affordable, more reliable, cleaner and accessible to as many people as
possible. Active in more than 130 countries, our ambition is to become the
responsible energy major.

About Saft

Saft specializes in advanced technology battery solutions for industry, from
design and development to production, customization and service provision. For
100 years, Saft’s longer-lasting batteries and systems have provided
critical safety applications, back-up power and propulsion for our customers.
Our innovative, safe and reliable technology delivers high performance on
land, at sea, in the air and in space. Saft is powering industry and smarter
cities, while providing critical back-up functionality in remote and harsh
environments from the Arctic Circle to the Sahara Desert. Saft is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Total.

Cautionary note

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information purposes only. The entities in which TOTAL SE directly or
indirectly owns investments are separate legal entities. TOTAL SE has no
liability for their acts or omissions. In this document, the terms
“Total”, “Total Group” and Group are sometimes used for convenience.
Likewise, the words “we”, “us” and “our” may also be used to refer
to subsidiaries in general or to those who work for them. This document may
contain forward-looking information and statements that are based on a number
of economic data and assumptions made in a given economic, competitive and
regulatory environment. They may prove to be inaccurate in the future and are
subject to a number of risk factors. Neither TOTAL SE nor any of its
subsidiaries assumes any obligation to update publicly any forward-looking
information or statement, objectives or trends contained in this document
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Total

Media Relations: +33 1 47 44 46 99 l presse@total.com
(mailto:presse@total.com) l @TotalPress

Investor Relations: +44 (0)207 719 7962 l ir@total.com (mailto:ir@total.com)

Saft

Media Relations: +33 1 58 63 16 60 – karen.hollington@saftbatteries.com
(mailto:karen.hollington@saftbatteries.com)



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