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Characteristics of low-carbon data centres

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  • Eric Masanet

    (McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University)

  • Arman Shehabi

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Jonathan Koomey

    (Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford University)

Abstract

Increased use of IT services can contribute to reducing carbon emissions, given the improvements in efficiency of IT devices and data-centre operations. However, credible metrics to reward the data centres for minimizing carbon emissions are still lacking. This Perspective identifies the characteristics of low-carbon data centres and the factors that govern carbon performance.

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  • Eric Masanet & Arman Shehabi & Jonathan Koomey, 2013. "Characteristics of low-carbon data centres," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 3(7), pages 627-630, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:3:y:2013:i:7:d:10.1038_nclimate1786
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1786
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    1. Sovacool, Benjamin K. & Monyei, Chukwuka G. & Upham, Paul, 2022. "Making the internet globally sustainable: Technical and policy options for improved energy management, governance and community acceptance of Nordic datacenters," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 154(C).
    2. Robert Istrate & Victor Tulus & Robert N. Grass & Laurent Vanbever & Wendelin J. Stark & Gonzalo Guillén-Gosálbez, 2024. "The environmental sustainability of digital content consumption," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
    3. Jerez Monsalves, Juan & Bergaentzlé, Claire & Keles, Dogan, 2023. "Impacts of flexible-cooling and waste-heat recovery from data centres on energy systems: A Danish case study," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 281(C).
    4. Bora Ristic & Kaveh Madani & Zen Makuch, 2015. "The Water Footprint of Data Centers," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 7(8), pages 1-25, August.
    5. Chan, Chien Aun & Gygax, André F. & Leckie, Christopher & Wong, Elaine & Nirmalathas, Ampalavanapillai & Hinton, Kerry, 2016. "Telecommunications energy and greenhouse gas emissions management for future network growth," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 166(C), pages 174-185.
    6. Shuja, Junaid & Gani, Abdullah & Shamshirband, Shahaboddin & Ahmad, Raja Wasim & Bilal, Kashif, 2016. "Sustainable Cloud Data Centers: A survey of enabling techniques and technologies," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 195-214.

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