RISE Research Radar

Computer Science Open House 2022-2025

2022

Environmental impact of data centres

Borisova

Summary

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study on data centers to understand environmental impact of building and operating a DC. Scope: Boden Type Data Center (BTDC) over 30 year lifecycle on Swedish electricity grid. Identifies hotspots of impact including gold, copper, transport, aluminium.

Themes

data-centerssustainability

Keywords

LCA, data center, environmental impact, climate change, lifecycle assessment

Poster

Environmental impact of data centres poster

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