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Most of the lifetime CO2 footprint of data center hardware is from the operational phase, not manufacturing. This (somewhat dated) paper from Dell indicates tha
by philipkglass 10y ago
Most of the lifetime CO2 footprint of data center hardware is from the operational phase, not manufacturing. This (somewhat dated) paper from Dell indicates that 90% of the CO2 footprint of a rack mounted server comes from the usage phase: http://i.dell.com/sites/content/corporate/corp-comm/en/Documents/dell-server-carbon-footprint-whitepaper.pdf http://i.dell.com/sites/content/corporate/corp-comm/en/Docum...
- dchmiel 10y agoThat's right, with the numbers looking similar when looking at proportions of energy consumption in buildings which is slightly different from just CO2 footprint. The operational phase is where to look at having the largest impact. In buildings looking at a 75 year time frame you have the operational phase accounting for 94.4% of life cycle primary energy consumption. Where the manufacturing phase such as production of building materials, transportation and constructing the building accounts for 2.2% of life cycle primary energy consumption. [1] 1. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778803000665 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778803...