Abstract: 【Purpose/significance】Digital governance, as an important way of transformation of modern government governance, is of great significance in effectively controlling the energy intensity of enterprises and promoting their energy conservation and emission re⁃ duction.【Method/process】Based on the deconstruction of the digital government capability system, we construct the digital gover⁃ nance capability model, put forward the theoretical assumptions that digital governance affects energy intensity, and take the A-share listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen as samples from 2010 to 2022 to investigate the impact of digital governance on corporate energy intensity empirically.【Result/conclusion】The research results show that the level of government digital governance capacity can significantly reduce the energy intensity of enterprises. Government digital governance capacity mainly reduces the energy inten⁃ sity of enterprises by enhancing the level of environmental regulation, improving the transparency of government finance and optimiz⁃ ing the efficiency of enterprise resource allocation. In addition, urban green innovation ability plays a regulating role between govern⁃ ment digital governance capacity and energy intensity. Government digital governance capacity can play a stronger role in energy con⁃ servation in labor-intensive and technology-intensive industries, non-state-owned enterprises and the eastern region.【Innovation/ limitation】The energy saving and emission reduction roles and pathways of government digital governance capacity are analyzed and identified, and the role of government digital governance capacity in increasing environmental performance will be more carefully and comprehensively delineated and studied in the future.