Alan Deng is with Google's Technical Infrastructure Net Zero team, focusing on decarbonizing the datacenter hardware supply chain. Alan leads the development of supply chain Carbon Reduction Initiatives and engages key hard drive disk (HDD) suppliers to drive net zero goals. Working closely with Google's Carbon Footprinting team and as a liaison with HDD suppliers, Alan collects supplier primary activity data, such as electricity consumption and production output data, and product LCA data to help quantify GHG emissions that are attributed to Google's scope 3 emissions, identifies emission hotspots, and drives carbon reductions in partnerships with the suppliers.