DataCenter Footprint: a digital common
This tool provides an estimation of the environmental footprint of a Data Center and the services it provides, combining models to enable a quicker evaluation and current reference methodologies including ADEME's Datacenters and Cloud Services PCR. Please refer to the documentation to know more.
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Data center parameters
Data center environmental impacts, for 1 year of operation
Wondering about those acronyms ? See the documentation on the Datacenter lifecycle and environmental criterias.
▲For a data center of 5000m² in France with a lifespan of 30 years, with a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.45 and a load factor of 0.3, 5 MW of total power installed and 13140 MWh of total energy consumed in a year
| Impact criterion | Manufacturing | Transport | Use | End-of-life | Total | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abiotic Depletion Potential Elements (ADPe) | 5.5111e+1 | 3.1605e-4 | 1.2395e+0 | 1.3646e-2 | 5.6365e+1 | kg Sb-Eq |
| Global Warming Potential (GWP) | 1.7251e+6 | 8.0447e+3 | 1.3880e+6 | 1.0155e+4 | 3.1313e+6 | kg CO2-Eq |
| Particulate Matter (PM) | 1.6207e-1 | 4.1406e-4 | 6.2262e-2 | 5.1810e-4 | 2.2527e-1 | disease incidence |
⚠️ DCFootprint is in early stage. The methodology will be improved iterations after iterations. See the intended roadmap page to know what to expect next.
Co-location / Housing (Functional Unit 1 in ADEME's PCR)
This represents the impacts of renting a rack, where the client of the datacenter is able to install and manage its physical IT equipments himself. It is based on the definition of the Functional Unit 1 in ADEME's Datacenters and Cloud services PCR methodology.
| What ? | Provide hosting services for operation of the IT equipment. |
|---|---|
| How much/many ? | For 1 kW (one kilowatt) of commercialised IT power. |
| How long ? | One year. |
Functional unit results
Wondering about those acronyms ? See the documentation on the Datacenter lifecycle and environmental criterias.
▲For a data center of 5000m² in France with a lifespan of 30 years, with a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.45 and a load factor of 0.3, 5 MW of total power installed and 13140 MWh of total energy consumed in a year
These impacts are allocated according to Co-location / Housing (Functional Unit 1 in ADEME's PCR): provide hosting services for operation of the IT equipment, for 1 kW (one kilowatt) of commercialised IT power, for one year.
| Impact criterion | Manufacturing | Transport | Use | End-of-life | Total | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abiotic Depletion Potential Elements (ADPe) | 5.5111e+1 | 3.1605e-4 | 1.2395e+0 | 1.3646e-2 | 5.6365e+1 | kg Sb-Eq |
| Global Warming Potential (GWP) | 1.7251e+6 | 8.0447e+3 | 1.3880e+6 | 1.0155e+4 | 3.1313e+6 | kg CO2-Eq |
| Particulate Matter (PM) | 1.6207e-1 | 4.1406e-4 | 6.2262e-2 | 5.1810e-4 | 2.2527e-1 | disease incidence |