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Data Center Growth is Putting our Sustainability Ambition at Risk – Together We Can Keep Both on Track

July 17, 2024 admin Colocation, Data Center, data centers, Decarbonization, embodied carbon, environmental product disclosure, scope 3, Sustainability

Credit to Author: Alex Rakow| Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 14:15:28 +0000

The tension between our growth and sustainability ambitions In the fight against climate change, the data center industry is led by some of the most ambitious companies in the world. The internet giants’ decarbonization commitments have set the pace not just for the tech industry,…

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Demystifying Data Center Scope 3 Carbon with Our Findings

July 11, 2023 admin carbon emissions, Data Center, data centers, embodied carbon, scope 3, Sustainability

Credit to Author: Paul Lin| Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Based on Carbon Intelligence research, over 80% of a company’s emissions are Scope 3. But for data centers, this is harder to assess. This is partly because data centers are energy intensive, and energy is largely Scope 2. If a data center’s energy has a…

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Addressing the Hidden Challenge of Embodied Carbon in Data Centers

May 13, 2022 admin Data Center, data center construction, Data center design, data center sustainability, embodied carbon, Sustainability

Credit to Author: Mark Bidinger| Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 13:30:00 +0000

The data center industry has achieved impressive sustainability gains over the past decade – mostly focused on operational efficiency. However, relatively little attention has been paid to the environmental impact… Read more »

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