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AWS, Google , Microsoft , Meta , Schneider Electric and Digital Reality have all signed an open letter supporting the adoption of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) EPDs are a document that captures the “footprint of a product or material” An EPD reports on the potential impact of data center hardware and materials rather than the operational emissions.
This refers to the emissions created by a data center’s broader operations such as manufacturing, transportation, or the use of construction materials.
Irish electricity company EirGrid predicted that data centers could more than double to 30% of all electricity consumption by 2028 .
Microsoft recorded a 29% surge in emissions last year , threatening its plans to be carbon neutral by the end of the decade .
Google ’s latest environmental report highlighted a 48% increase in data center-related carbon emissions over the last five years .
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