Current data centre sustainability efforts focus narrowly on operational energy use, overlooking environmental damage from raw material extraction, equipment manufacturing and e-waste. Life Cycle Assessment captures impacts across all stages — including toxicity, mineral depletion and water consumption — that single-metric approaches like Power Usage Effectiveness miss.
Environmental sustainability of data centres: A need for a multi-impact and life cycle approach
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Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre)
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February 1, 2020
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