Digital empowerment is of great significance for the low-carbon transformation of traditional energy industries. Taking panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2011-2021 as research samples, this paper explores the mechanism of low-carbon transformation of traditional energy industry with digital empowerment, evaluates the level of digital empowerment and the effect of low-carbon transformation of traditional energy industry, and further discusses the impact of digital empowerment on low-carbon transformation of traditional energy industry. The results show that the impact of digital empowerment on the low-carbon transformation of the traditional energy industry presents an inverted "U" curve relationship; Provinces with higher levels of digital empowerment in China often have better low-carbon transformation effects in traditional energy industries; Digital talents are conducive to the low-carbon transformation of the traditional energy industry and can create value for industrial transformation; There are significant differences in the level of digital empowerment and low-carbon transformation of traditional energy industries among different provinces, which are closely related to their geographical location, resource distribution, and government policies.