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While green digital infrastructure\u2014emerging from the integration of digitalization and low-carbon development\u2014shows theoretical potential to strengthen energy resilience, empirical evidence remains limited. This study utilizes China\u2019s 2015 Green Data Center Pilot Policy as a quasi-natural experiment to examine this relationship through comprehensive panel data from 30 Chinese provinces spanning 2011\u20132021. We developed an integrated energy resilience evaluation framework across four dimensions: economic resilience, engineering resilience, resource resilience, and ecological resilience, applying the CRITIC method to determine objective indicator weights. Our difference-in-differences analysis demonstrates that green digital infrastructure significantly enhances regional energy resilience, with pilot regions experiencing a 2.83% improvement compared to non-pilot areas. This impact shows regional heterogeneity, with stronger effects in economically developed areas with better digital foundations. We identify two primary mechanisms through which green digital infrastructure influences energy resilience: industrial structure optimization (particularly through service industry growth) and enhanced innovation capacity. These findings provide robust empirical support for green digital infrastructure\u2019s role in strengthening energy system stability and adaptability, offering valuable policy insights for promoting both digitalization and low-carbon transition under global climate governance.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/systems13050306","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,22]],"date-time":"2025-04-22T03:17:32Z","timestamp":1745291852000},"page":"306","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Digital Oasis: How Green Infrastructure Is Reshaping China\u2019s Energy Resilience Landscape"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5635-6784","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xue","family":"Lei","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0350-5202","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jian","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Economics and Management, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-6128-5105","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"You","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8997-2735","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chang","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kunjian","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Accounting, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"112014","DOI":"10.1016\/j.econlet.2024.112014","article-title":"Storm clouds over innovation: Typhoon shocks and corporate R&D activities","volume":"244","author":"Lei","year":"2024","journal-title":"Econ. 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