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Toward climate neutral data centers: Greenhouse gas inventory, scenarios, and strategies.

Tuğana Aslan, Peter Holzapfel, Lutz Stobbe, Andreas Grimm, Nils F Nissen, Matthias Finkbeiner

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Article in iScience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Tuğana AslanFraunhofer Group for Microelectronics/Research Fab Microelectronics Germany, Berlin, Germany.
Peter HolzapfelChair of Sustainable Engineering, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Lutz StobbeDepartment of Environmental & Reliability Engineering, Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM, Berlin, Germany.
Andreas GrimmFraunhofer Group for Microelectronics/Research Fab Microelectronics Germany, Berlin, Germany.
Nils F NissenDepartment of Environmental & Reliability Engineering, Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM, Berlin, Germany.
Matthias FinkbeinerChair of Sustainable Engineering, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The climate impact of data centers is expected to increase due to rising demand for information and communication technology services. At the same time, the European Union aims for climate neutral data centers by 2030. To map potential developments of emissions associated with data centers to the year 2030, we develop a generic data center greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory in accordance with the GHG protocol. Our results show that climate neutrality cannot be achieved by reduction measures only. We predict an increase in energy use for our illustrative Germany-based data center by 20%, and an increase in the overall carbon footprint by 13% between 2020 and 2030. Although operational measures and increased use of renewable electricity can decrease GHG emissions over the 2020 level by up to 70%, achieving net zero inevitably requires mechanisms to mitigate and compensate emissions across the value chain.

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Energy ModellingEnergy sustainabilityEnergy systemsInformation systems

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PMID39877067
PMCPMC11773490

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